Crataegus pentagyna

Crataegus pentagyna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Crataegus
Series:	Pentagynae (C.K.Schneid.) Russanov[1]
Species:	C. pentagyna
Binomial name
Crataegus pentagyna Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.
Synonyms
C. colchica Grossh. C. davisii Browicz C. elbursensis Rech. f. C. klokovii Ivaschin C. melanocarpa M.Bieb. C. oliveriana Bosc ex DC. C. platyphylla Lindl. ex Hohen. C. pseudomelanocarpa Pojark.

Crataegus pentagyna, also called small-flowered black hawthorn^[2], is a species of hawthorn native to southeastern Europe. Two subspecies are recognized^[1], C. p. subsp. pentagyna and C. p. subsp. pseudomelanocarpa. The fruit are usually black, but are sometimes a handsome purple^[2].

See also

• List of hawthorn species with black fruit

Images

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  Stamp of Moldova showing Crataegus pentagyna.

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References and external links

1. ^ ^{a b} Christensen, K.I. (1992). Revision of Crataegus sect. Crataegus and nothosect. Crataeguineae (Rosaceae-Maloideae) in the Old World. Systematic Botany Monographs. 35: 1–199.
2. ^ ^{a b} Phipps, J.B.; O’Kennon, R.J.; Lance, R.W. 2003. Hawthorns and medlars. Royal Horticultural Society, Cambridge, U.K.

• GRIN Species Profile