Crataegus pentagyna

Species of hawthorn

Crataegus pentagyna
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Crataegus
Species:
C. pentagyna
Binomial name
Crataegus pentagyna
Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.
Synonyms

C. colchica Grossh.
C. davisii Browicz
C. elbursensis Rech.f.
C. klokovii Ivaschin
C. melanocarpa M.Bieb.
C. oliveriana Bosc ex DC.
C. platyphylla Lindl. ex Hohen.
C. pseudomelanocarpa Pojark.

Crataegus pentagyna, also called small-flowered black hawthorn,[1] is a species of hawthorn native to southeastern Europe. Two subspecies are recognized,[2] C. p. subsp. pentagyna and C. p. subsp. pseudomelanocarpa. The fruit are usually black, but are sometimes a handsome purple.[1]

See also

Images

  • Stamp of Moldova showing Crataegus pentagyna.
    Stamp of Moldova showing Crataegus pentagyna.

References

  1. ^ a b Phipps, J.B.; O’Kennon, R.J.; Lance, R.W. (2003). Hawthorns and medlars. Cambridge, U.K.: Royal Horticultural Society. ISBN 0881925918.
  2. ^ Christensen, Knud Ib (1992). Revision of Crataegus sect. Crataegus and nothosect. Crataeguineae (Rosaceae-Maloideae) in the Old World. Systematic Botany Monographs. Vol. 35. American Society of Plant Taxonomists. ISBN 978-0-912861-35-7.
Taxon identifiers
Crataegus pentagyna


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