Crataegus rhipidophylla

Crataegus rhipidophylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Crataegus
Series:	Crataegus[1]
Species:	C. rhipidophylla
Binomial name
Crataegus rhipidophylla Gand.
Synonyms
C. rosiformis Janka[1] C. curvisepala Lindman[1]

Crataegus rhipidophylla is a species of hawthorn which occurs naturally from southern Scandinavia and the Baltic region to France, the Balkan Peninsula, Turkey, Caucasia, and Ukraine. It is poorly known as a landscape and garden plant, but seems to have potential for those uses. Two varieties are recognized^[1], C. rhipidophylla var. rhipidophylla, and C. rhipidophylla var. lindmanii.

Compared to Crataegus monogyna, C. rhipidophylla has larger flowers, larger and more colourful fruits, and more decorative foliage. It has a more or less dome-shaped crown, and it is more tolerant of shade than C. monogyna.^[2]

References and external links

1. ^ ^{a b c d} 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. ^ Christensen, K. I. (2002). Dansk Dendrologisk Årsskrift 20: 13–18 (English summary).