Crataegus pentagyna

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Crataegus pentagyna
Crataegus pentagyna BotGardBln1105Fruits.jpg
Scientific classification edit
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
C. elbursensis Rech.f.
C. klokovii
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]

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Images[]

  • Stamp of Moldova showing Crataegus pentagyna.

  • Crataegus pentagyna FruitsLeaves BotGardBln0906.JPG

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.


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