Crataegus pentagyna

Crataegus pentagyna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Crataegus
Series:	Pentagynae; (C.K.Schneid.) Russanov
Species:	C. pentagyna
Binomial name
	Crataegus pentagyna; Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.
Synonyms
	C. colchica Grossh.; C. davisii Browicz; C. elbursensis Rech.f.; C. klokovii Ivaschin; C. melanocarpa M.Bieb.; C. oliveriana Bosc ex DC.; C. platyphylla Lindl. ex Hohen.; C. pseudomelanocarpa Pojark.

Crataegus pentagyna, also called small-flowered black hawthorn,^[2] is a species of hawthorn native to southeastern Europe. Two subspecies are recognized,^[1] C. p. subsp. pentagyna and C. p. subsp. pseudomelanocarpa. The fruit are usually black, but are sometimes a handsome purple.^[2]

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Stamp of Moldova showing Crataegus pentagyna.

References

^ ^a ^b Christensen, Knud Ib (1992). Revision of Crataegus sect. Crataegus and nothosect. Crataeguineae (Rosaceae-Maloideae) in the Old World. Systematic Botany Monographs. Vol. 35. American Society of Plant Taxonomists. ISBN 978-0-912861-35-7.
^ ^a ^b Phipps, J.B.; O’Kennon, R.J.; Lance, R.W. (2003). Hawthorns and medlars. Cambridge, U.K.: Royal Horticultural Society. ISBN 0881925918.

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[KIC-1] Christensen, Knud Ib (1992). Revision of Crataegus sect. Crataegus and nothosect. Crataeguineae (Rosaceae-Maloideae) in the Old World. Systematic Botany Monographs. Vol. 35. American Society of Plant Taxonomists. ISBN 978-0-912861-35-7.

[Phipps-2] Phipps, J.B.; O’Kennon, R.J.; Lance, R.W. (2003). Hawthorns and medlars. Cambridge, U.K.: Royal Horticultural Society. ISBN 0881925918.

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