Crataegus holmesiana

Crataegus holmesiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Crataegus
Series: Coccineae
Species: C. holmesiana
Binomial name
Crataegus holmesiana

Crataegus holmesiana is a species of hawthorn closely related to Scarlet Hawthorn, C. coccinea (often incorrectly called C. pedicellata[2]), but with more elongated fruit and leaves.[3]

References

  1. Macklin, J.A. Phipps J.B. (2002). "Sargent's names in Crataegus ser. Coccineae (Rosaceae)". Harvard Papers in Botany. 7 (1): 25–35. JSTOR 41761768.
  2. Phipps, J.B.; Cafferty, S.; Macklin, J.A. (2003). "Lectotypification of Crataegus coccinea L. and its conspecificity with C. pedicellata Sarg. (Rosaceae)". Taxon. 52 (2): 337–8.
  3. Phipps, J.B.; O’Kennon, R.J.; Lance, R.W. (2003). Hawthorns and medlars. Cambridge, U.K.: Royal Horticultural Society. ISBN 0881925918.


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