Crataegus ambigua

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Crataegus ambigua
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Crataegus
Section: Crataegus sect. Crataegus
Series: Crataegus ser. Crataegus
Species:
C. ambigua
Binomial name
Crataegus ambigua

Crataegus ambigua is a species of thorn (hawthorn) native to Western Asia and Eastern Europe, including Armenia, Iran, Russia, and Turkey. [2] It grows as a shrub or tree up to about 12 m in height. [2] The fruit is dark red to purple or black, with one or two stones (pyrenes). [2]

Crataegus ambigua is closely related to Crataegus songarica , [2] a species that has black fruit.

References

  1. ↑ Participants of the FFI/IUCN SSC Central Asian regional tree Red Listing workshop, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (11-13 July 2006) (2007). "Crataegus ambigua". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2007 e.T63506A12683423. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63506A12683423.en . Retrieved 31 May 2024.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. 1 2 3 4 Christensen, K.I. (1992). Revision of Crataegus sect. Crataegus and nothosect. Crataeguineae (Rosaceae-Maloideae) in the Old World. Systematic Botany Monographs. 35: 1–199.



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