Crataegus aemula

Crataegus aemula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Crataegus
Species: C. aemula
Binomial name
Crataegus aemula
Beadle

Crataegus aemula, the Rome Hawthorn, is a poorly known species of hawthorn that might be allied with series Silvicolae.[1] It is endemic to the Southern United States, in North America.

Distribution

Crataegus aemula is found, as a shrub or tree, in Mississippi and Georgia.[2]

References

  1. ^ Phipps, J.B.; Robertson, K.R.; Smith, P.G.; Rohrer, J.R. (1990). A checklist of the subfamily Maloideae (Rosaceae). Canadian Journal of Botany. 68(10): 2209–2269.
  2. ^ USDA Plants Profile - Crataegus aemula, accessed 12.2.2010

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