Malus sieboldii
Appearance
Malus sieboldii | |
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Malus sieboldii var. zumi | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Genus: | Malus |
Species: | M. sieboldii
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Binomial name | |
Malus sieboldii |
Malus sieboldii, commonly called Siebold's crab,[1] Siebold's crabapple or Toringo crabapple, is a species of crabapple in the family Rosaceae.
Taxonomy
[edit]Some botanists have reclassified it as Malus toringo.[2]
Varieties
[edit]It is sometimes considered to have three varieties:[3]
- Malus sieboldii var. sieboldii (the true Siebold's crabapple)
- Malus sieboldii var. sargentii, which is sometimes considered to be a separate species Malus sargentii
- Malus sieboldii var. zumi
The cultivar Malus toringo 'Scarlett' has received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[4]
Distribution
[edit]Malus sieboldii—Malus toringo is native to eastern temperate Asia, in China, Japan, and Korea.[5]
Pests
[edit]Fungal plant pathogen Pseudocercospora mali is found on the leaves of the tree in Japan.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ USDA Plants Profile for Malus toringo (toringo crab); syn. Malus sieboldii . accessed 9.9.2015.
- ^ "GardenWebSearch results for: Malus". Archived from the original on April 4, 2010. Retrieved September 11, 2009.
- ^ "Malus toringo 'Scarlett'". RHS. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ "Malus toringo". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
- ^ Crous, P.W.; Braun, U.; Hunter, G.C.; Wingfield, M.J.; Verkley, G.J.M.; Shin, H.-D.; Nakashima, C.; Groenewald, J.Z. (June 2013). "Phylogenetic lineages in Pseudocercospora". Studies in Mycology. 75: 37–114. doi:10.3114/sim0005. PMC 3713886. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
External links
[edit]Media related to Malus toringo at Wikimedia Commons