PLANTS Profile for Malus coronaria (sweet crab apple)

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PLANTS Profile

Malus coronaria (L.) Mill.
sweet crab apple

Symbol:

MACO5

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rosaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Malus coronaria (L.) Mill.

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Synonyms:
Malus coronaria (L.) Mill.

MABR6	Malus bracteata (L.H. Bailey) Rehder
MACOC2	Malus coronaria (L.) Mill. var. coronaria	sweet crab apple
MACOD	Malus coronaria (L.) Mill. var. dasycalyx Rehder	sweet crab apple
MACOE	Malus coronaria (L.) Mill. var. elongata Rehder
MACOL	Malus coronaria (L.) Mill. var. lancifolia (Rehder) C.F. Reed
MAGL4	Malus glabrata Rehder	Biltmore crab apple
MAGL11	Malus glaucescens Rehder	Dunbar crab apple
MALA14	Malus lancifolia Rehder
PYBR2	Pyrus bracteata L.H. Bailey
PYCO4	Pyrus coronaria L.
PYCOD	Pyrus coronaria L. var. dasycalyx (Rehder) Fernald
PYCOE	Pyrus coronaria L. var. elongata (Rehder) L.H. Bailey
PYCOL	Pyrus coronaria L. var. lancifolia (Rehder) Fernald
PYGL	Pyrus glaucescens (Rehder) L.H. Bailey
PYLA2	Pyrus lancifolia (Rehder) L.H. Bailey

Distribution:
Malus coronaria (L.) Mill.


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USA (AL, AR, DC, DE, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, MI, MO, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Malus coronaria (L.) Mill.

View 72 genera in Rosaceae, 36 species in Malus

Classification:
Malus coronaria (L.) Mill.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Rosales
Family	Rosaceae – Rose family
Genus	Malus Mill. – apple
Species	Malus coronaria (L.) Mill. – sweet crab apple

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Malus coronaria (L.) Mill.

The synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

New York:
Malus glaucescens
American crab		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Malus coronaria (L.) Mill.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 25257.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/18/2013 03:36 AM CDT