Malus toringoides

Malus toringoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Malus
Species: M. toringoides
Binomial name
Malus toringoides
Hughes

Malus toringoides is a species in the family Rosaceae, named Cut-leaf crabapple. It is a wild apple tree, sometimes used as a root stock in apple breeding. It grows in mountains in China, in Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai and Sichuan. Malus toringoides is a naturally occurring hybrid species with multiple ploidy levels.[1]

References

  1. Li, Y. N. 2001. Researches of germplasm resources of Malus Mill.. – China Agriculture Press