Crataegus iracunda

Crataegus iracunda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Crataegus
Series:	Silvicolae (Beadle ex Sarg.) E.J.Palmer[1]
Species:	C. iracunda
Binomial name
Crataegus iracunda Beadle
Synonyms
C. brumalis Ashe[1] C. diffusa Sarg.[1] C. populnea Sarg.[1] C. stolonifera Sarg.[1]

Crataegus iracunda is a species of hawthorn, sometimes called the stolonbearing hawthorn.^[2] It was described in 1899 by Chauncey Delos Beadle of the Biltmore Herbarium (Biltmore Estate) in North Carolina.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} Phipps, J.B., et al. (1990). A checklist of the subfamily Maloideae (Rosaceae). Canadian Journal of Botany 68(10):2209–2269.
2. ^ USDA Plants Profile
3. ^ Ukropina-Crawford, Z. (December 1, 2008). "Stolonbearing Hawthorn in Northwest Georgia, U.S.A.". A Guide to Natural History of Flora for Floyd County, Northwest Georgia, Southeastern United States. Rome, GA. http://floyd-flora.info/type/crir.html. Retrieved September 27, 2009. 

External links

Specimen pictures of C. iracunda: 
   Twigs bearing spines and leaves (from the Smithsonian Institution);
   Flowers and foliage (from the New York Botanical Garden)