Crataegus pulcherrima

Crataegus pulcherrima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Crataegus
Series:	Pulcherrimae (Beadle ex E.J.Palmer) K.R.Robertson[1]
Species:	C. pulcherrima
Binomial name
Crataegus pulcherrima Ashe

Crataegus pulcherrima, whose name means "beautiful hawthorn" is a shrub up to 4 m tall, native to the southeastern U.S.^[1]. This species and those related to it that are classified in Crataegus series Pulcherrimae have been largely ignored since they were originally described in 1903, but warrant consideration as ornamental cultivated plants^[2].

References and external links

1. ^ ^{a b} Phipps, J.B.; O'Kennon, R.J.; Dvorsky, K.A. (2006). Review of Crataegus series Pulcherrimae (Rosaceae). SIDA, Contributions to Botany. 22(2): 973–1007. in Biodiversity Heritage Library
2. ^ Phipps, J.B.; O’Kennon, R.J.; Lance, R.W. 2003. Hawthorns and medlars. Royal Horticultural Society, Cambridge, U.K.