× Crataemespilus

× Crataemespilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Subfamily:	Amygdaloideae
Tribe:	Maleae
Subtribe:	Malinae
Genus:	×Crataemespilus; E.G.Camus[1]

× 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

"USDA GRIN Taxonomy".
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.
"Mespilus Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 478. 1753; Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 214. 1754", Flora of North America

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[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