Crataegus coccinioides

Crataegus coccinioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Crataegus
Series: Dilatatae
(Sarg.) E.J.Palmer[1]
Species: C. coccinioides
Binomial name
Crataegus coccinioides
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Crataegus coccinioides is a species of hawthorn known by the common name Kansas hawthorn. C. coccinioides is native to Kansas, to New England, and the southernmost parts of Ontario and Quebec[2]. It has large flowers and leaves and fruit that appear pinkish until polished to reveal the red colour underneath the wax bloom[2].

References and external links

  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. ^ a b Phipps, J.B., O’Kennon, R.J., Lance, R.W. (2003). Hawthorns and medlars. Royal Horticultural Society, Cambridge, U.K.