Crataegus ambigua

Crataegus ambigua
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Crataegus
Series:	Crataegus[1]
Species:	C. ambigua
Binomial name
Crataegus ambigua A.K.Becker

Crataegus ambigua is a species of thorn (hawthorn) native to Western Asia and Eastern Europe, including Armenia, Iran, Russia, and Turkey^[1]. It grows as a shrub or tree up to about 12 m in height^[1]. The fruit is dark red to purple or black, with one or two stones (pyrenes)^[1].

Crataegus ambigua is closely related to Crataegus songarica,^[1], a species that has black fruit.

References and external links

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} Christensen, K.I. (1992). Revision of Crataegus sect. Crataegus and nothosect. Crataeguineae (Rosaceae-Maloideae) in the Old World. Systematic Botany Monographs. 35: 1–199.

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