Crataegus pycnoloba

Crataegus pycnoloba is a species of hawthorn native to the mountains of the northern and central Peloponnesus of Greece.[1] The plant is a shrub or rarely a small tree. The fruit are red or dark reddish brown when immature, but later develop a yellow background colour.[2]

Crataegus pycnoloba
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Tanacetifoliae

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C. pycnoloba
Binomial name
Crataegus pycnoloba
Boiss. & Heldr.[1]

See also

References

  1. Christensen, Knud Ib (1992). Revision of Crataegus sect. Crataegus and nothosect. Crataeguineae (Rosaceae-Maloideae) in the Old World. Systematic Botany Monographs. 35. American Society of Plant Taxonomists. ISBN 978-0-912861-35-7.
  2. Christensen, K.I. (2001). "Crataegus pycnoloba — en endemisk Hvidtjørn fra de græske bjerge. [Crataegus pycnoloba — a Hawthorn endemic to the Greek mountains.] Dansk Dendrologisk Årsskrift" (PDF) (in Danish). 19: 5–10. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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