Crataegus rufula

Species of hawthorn

Crataegus rufula

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Rosales
Family:  | Rosaceae
Genus:  | Crataegus
Section:  | Crataegus sect. Coccineae
Series:  | Crataegus ser. Aestivales
Species:  |

C. rufula

Binomial name
Crataegus rufula

Sarg.

Crataegus rufula, or Crataegus × rufula, known as the rusty hawthorn or rufous mayhaw, is a shrub or small tree of the south eastern United States.[1] It is one of several species of hawthorn with fruits known as "mayhaws", which are harvested for use in making mayhaw jelly. It is thought to be a hybrid between the other two species of mayhaw.[1]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Phipps, J.B. (2015), "Crataegus ×rufula Sargent, J. Arnold Arbor. 1: 251. 1920", in L. Brouillet; K. Gandhi; C.L. Howard; H. Jeude; R.W. Kiger; J.B. Phipps; A.C. Pryor; H.H. Schmidt; J.L. Strother; J.L. Zarucchi (eds.), Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae, Flora of North America North of Mexico, vol. 9, New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q17246924
* Wikispecies: Crataegus x rufula
* APA: 5636
* CoL: 6BB87
* EoL: 792459
* GBIF: 3015102
* GRIN: 407708
* iNaturalist: 161084
* IPNI: 275264-2
* IRMNG: 10181607
* ITIS: 501765
* NatureServe: 2.130498
* NCBI: 510739
* Open Tree of Life: 798270
* Plant List: rjp-5038
* PLANTS: CRRU5
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:275264-2
* Tropicos: 50278700
* WFO: wfo-0001010572

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