× ''Crataemespilus''

×Crataemespilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Subfamily: Amygdaloideae
Tribe: Maleae
Subtribe: Malinae
Genus: ×Crataemespilus

×Crataemespilus (or Cratae-mespilus) is the generic name applied to hybrids between the genera Crataegus and Mespilus. It should not be confused with +Crataegomespilus, which is applied to graft-chimeras between those genera.

Species

The species hybrids that are known are:[2][3]

  • xCrataemespilus canescens (J.B.Phipps) J.B.Phipps
  • xCrataemespilus gillotii E.G.Camus, hybrids between M. germanica and C. monogyna
  • xCrataemespilus grandiflora (Sm.) E.G.Camus, hybrids between M. germanica and C. laevigata (originally named Mespilus grandiflora Sm.).

References

  1. ↑ "USDA GRIN Taxonomy".
  2. ↑ Byatt, J.I.; Ferguson, I.K.; Murray, B.G. (1977). "Intergeneric hybrids between Crataegus L. and Mespilus L.: a fresh look at an old problem". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 74 (4): 329–343. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1977.tb01185.x.
  3. ↑ "Mespilus Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 478. 1753; Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 214. 1754", Flora of North America


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