Crataegus Ambigua

Crataegus ambigua
Scientific classification
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; A.K.Becker

Short description: Species of hawthorn

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.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 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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[KIC-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Christensen, K.I. (1992). Revision of Crataegus sect. Crataegus and nothosect. Crataeguineae (Rosaceae-Maloideae) in the Old World. Systematic Botany Monographs. 35: 1–199.