Crataegus ser. Populneae

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Crataegus ser. Populneae
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Crataegus
Section: Crataegus sect. Coccineae
Series: Crataegus ser. Populneae
J.B.Phipps

Series Populneae is a series within the genus Crataegus that contains at least eight species of hawthorn trees and shrubs, native to Eastern North America. [1] Only one species, C. populnea, is widespread. [1]

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Species

The species in the series are: [1]

The rare and poorly documented species Crataegus haemacarpa may also belong to this series. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Phipps, J.B. (2015), "Crataegus Linnaeus (sect. Coccineae) ser Populnea J. B. Phipps", in L. Brouillet; K. Gandhi; C.L. Howard; H. Jeude; R.W. Kiger; J.B. Phipps; A.C. Pryor; H.H. Schmidt; J.L. Strother; J.L. Zarucchi (eds.), Flora of North America North of Mexico, vol. 9: Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae, New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 567–571