Malus orientalis

Malus orientalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Malus
Species:	M. orientalis
Binomial name
	Malus orientalis;
Synonyms
	List Malus montana Uglitzk.; Malus orientalis var. montana (Uglitzk.) Langenf.; Malus orientalis subsp. montana (Uglitzk.) Likhonos; Malus orientalis var. subalpina Ponomar.; Pyrus paradisii M.F.Fay & Christenh.; Pyrus sapientiae M.F.Fay & Christenh.; ;

Malus orientalis, the eastern crabapple or Caucasus apple, is a species in the genus Malus found in Turkey (including East Thrace), the Transcaucasus, and Iran.^[2] With its relatively large yellow fruit, it has been consumed by people for millennia, with a string of halved, dried fruit being found in a royal tomb at Ur. Drying the fruit and then rehydrating by boiling cuts the tartness. M. orientalis contributed slightly to the gene pool of domesticated apples, a distant second to Malus sieversii.^[3]^[4]

References[]

^ Trudy Sev.-Kavk. Inst. Spets. Tekh. Kult. 1(3): 18 (1932)
^ ^a ^b "Malus orientalis K.Koch". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
^ Spengler, Robert Nicholas (2019). "Origins of the Apple: The Role of Megafaunal Mutualism in the Domestication of Malus and Rosaceous Trees". Frontiers in Plant Science. 10: 617. doi:10.3389/fpls.2019.00617. PMC 6545323. PMID 31191563.
^ Cornille, Amandine; Giraud, Tatiana; Smulders, Marinus J.M.; Roldán-Ruiz, Isabel; Gladieux, Pierre (2014). "The domestication and evolutionary ecology of apples". Trends in Genetics. 30 (2): 57–65. doi:10.1016/j.tig.2013.10.002. PMID 24290193.

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[1] Trudy Sev.-Kavk. Inst. Spets. Tekh. Kult. 1(3): 18 (1932)

[895826-1-2] "Malus orientalis K.Koch". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2020.

[3] Spengler, Robert Nicholas (2019). "Origins of the Apple: The Role of Megafaunal Mutualism in the Domestication of Malus and Rosaceous Trees". Frontiers in Plant Science. 10: 617. doi:10.3389/fpls.2019.00617. PMC 6545323. PMID 31191563.

[4] Cornille, Amandine; Giraud, Tatiana; Smulders, Marinus J.M.; Roldán-Ruiz, Isabel; Gladieux, Pierre (2014). "The domestication and evolutionary ecology of apples". Trends in Genetics. 30 (2): 57–65. doi:10.1016/j.tig.2013.10.002. PMID 24290193.

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