Crataegus brachyacantha

Crataegus brachyacantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Crataegus
Series:	Brevispinae (Beadle ex C.K.Schneid.) Rehder[1]
Species:	C. brachyacantha
Binomial name
Crataegus brachyacantha Sarg. & Engelm.

Crataegus brachyacantha is one of the "black-fruited" species of hawthorn, but it is only very distantly related to the other black-fruited species such as C. douglasii or C. nigra^[1]. The common name "Blueberry haw" refers to the appearance of the fruit, which are almost blue, and not to their taste. The species is rarely cultivated but has ornamental leaves, flowers, and foliage.^[2][3]

See also

• List of hawthorn species with black fruit

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Lo E., Stefanović S., Dickinson T.A. (2007). Molecular reapprasial of relationships between Crataegus and Mespilus (Rosaceae, Pyreae) – Two genera or one? Systematic Botany 32: 596–616.
2. ^ J. B. Phipps; R. J. O’Kennon; R. W. Lance (2003). Hawthorns and medlars. Royal Horticultural Society [of Cambridge, U.K] Plant Collector Guide. Portland, OR: Timber Press. ISBN 0881925918. 
3. ^ "PLANTS Profile for Crataegus brachyacantha (blueberry hawthorn)". USDA. http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CRBR. Retrieved September 20, 2009. 

External links

• Aggie-Horticulture pages from Texas A&M University have pictures of Crataegus brachyacantha here