Malus hupehensis

Malus hupehensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Malus
Species: M. hupehensis
Binomial name
Malus hupehensis
(Pamp.) Rehder 1933 not Koidz. 1934
Synonyms[1]
  • Malus domestica var. hupehensis (Pamp.) Likhonos
  • Malus theifera Rehder
  • Pyrus hupehensis Pamp. 1910
  • Pyrus theifera (Rehder) Cardot
  • Pyrus theifera (Rehder) L.H.Bailey

Malus hupehensis, common names Chinese crab apple,[2] Hupeh crab[3] or tea crabapple, is a species of flowering plant in the apple genus Malus of the family Rosaceae.[4][5]

It is native to China.[6]

Description

Malus hupehensis is a vigorous deciduous tree growing to 12 m (39 ft) tall and broad.

It has pink buds, opening to fragrant white blossoms in Spring. It produces bright red, cherry-sized crab-apples in the Autumn.[7]

The plant is cultivated as an ornamental tree, for planting in gardens. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[8]

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List, Malus hupehensis (Pamp.) Rehder
  2. ↑ "Malus hupehensis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  4. ↑ World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Malus hupehensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 August 2007.
  5. ↑ Rehder, Alfred. 1933. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 14(3): 207
  6. ↑ Flora of China, Malus hupehensis (Pampanini) Rehder, 1933. 湖北海棠 hu bei hai tang
  7. ↑ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
  8. ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - Malus hupehensis". Retrieved 24 May 2013.
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