Crataegus pontica
| Crataegus pontica | |
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| Here given as Crataegus azarolus var. pontica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Subtribe: | Malinae |
| Genus: | Crataegus |
| Species: | C. pontica
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| Binomial name | |
| Crataegus pontica | |
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Crataegus pontica is a species of hawthorn found in Turkey (including East Thrace), the South Caucasus, possibly Palestine and Jordan, Iraq, Iran and Central Asia.[3] It is planted as a windbreak, and its yellow to orange fruit are made into marmalade, or dried and ground to be added as a flavoring to baking flour.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Participants of the FFI/IUCN SSC Central Asian regional tree Red Listing workshop, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (11-13 July 2006) (2007). "Crataegus pontica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63523A12686510. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63523A12686510.en. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 22: 269 (1853)
- ^ a b "Crataegus pontica K.Koch". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ Hanelt, Peter (2001). Mansfeld's Encyclopedia of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Except Ornamentals. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. p. 496. ISBN 978-3540410171.
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