Crataegus ambigua

Short description: Species of hawthorn

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

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. ↑ 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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