- Crataegus × macrocarpa
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Crataegus × macrocarpa Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Rosids Order: Rosales Family: Rosaceae Genus: Crataegus Series: Crataegus[1] Species: C. × macrocarpa Binomial name Crataegus × macrocarpa
Hegetschw.Synonyms synonyms include
C. eremitagensis Raunk.[1]
C. schumacheri Raunk.[1]
C. calycina Peterm.[1]Crataegus × macrocarpa, is a hybrid between two species of hawthorn (Hawthorn), C. monogyna and C. rhipidophylla, both in series Crataegus[1]. It is sometimes confounded with C. × media[2], the hybrid between C. monogyna and C. laevigata.
Under the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature the name C. × macrocarpa covers all intermediate forms between the two parent species, including backcrosses.
References and external links
- ^ 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.
- ^ Flora of Ireland information about C. × media
- Ringl, A.; Prinz, S.; Huefner, A.; Kurzmann, M.; Kopp, B. (2007). Chemosystematic value of flavonoids from Crataegus x macrocarpa (Rosaceae) with special emphasis on (R)- and (S)-Eriodictyol-7-O-glucuronide and Luteolin-7-O-glucuronide. Chemistry & Biodiversity. 4(2): 154–162. abstract available
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