Crataegus ellwangeriana

Crataegus ellwangeriana is a named hawthorn species that has been poorly understood and often misidentified. It is now considered to be a synonym of C. coccinea var. coccinea.[1] A study[2] concluded, that C. pennsylvanica of series Molles has frequently been misidentified as C. ellwangeriana.

Crataegus ellwangeriana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Crataegus
Section: Crataegus sect. Coccineae
Series: Crataegus ser. Coccineae
Species:
C. ellwangeriana
Binomial name
Crataegus ellwangeriana

References

  1. Phipps, J.B. (2015), "Crataegus coccinea Linnaeus var. coccinea", in L. Brouillet; K. Gandhi; C.L. Howard; H. Jeude; R.W. Kiger; J.B. Phipps; A.C. Pryor; H.H. Schmidt; J.L. Strother; J.L. Zarucchi (eds.), Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae, Flora of North America North of Mexico, 9, New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 559
  2. 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


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