Crataegus ambigua
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| Crataegus ambigua | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Crataegus |
| Series: | Crataegus[1] |
| Species: | C. ambigua |
| Binomial name | |
| Crataegus ambigua A.K.Becker |
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Crataegus ambigua is a species of thorn (hawthorn) native to Western Asia and Eastern Europe, including Armenia, Iran, Russia, and Turkey[1]. It grows as a shrub or tree up to about 12 m in height[1]. The fruit is dark red to purple or black, with one or two stones (pyrenes)[1].
Crataegus ambigua is closely related to Crataegus songarica,[1], a species that has black fruit.
[edit] References and external links
- ^ a b c d e 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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