Crataegus pontica

Crataegus pontica, the Botanischer Garten, Berlin-Dahlem

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rosales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Rosales

Familia: Rosaceae
Subfamilia: Amygdaloideae
Tribus: Maleae
Subtribus: Malinae
Genus: Crataegus
Species: Crataegus pontica

Name

Crataegus pontica K.Koch, Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 22: 269. 1853.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Crataegus aronia var. pontica (K.Koch) Zohary & Danin, Fl. Palaest. 2: 20. 1972.
  • Crataegus azarolus var. pontica (K.Koch) K.I.Chr., Syst. Bot. Monogr. 35: 38. 1992.
• Heterotypic
  • Crataegus pontica f. aurantiaca Cinovskis, Boyaryshniki Pribaltiki: 614. 1971.

Taxonomic notes

• Not accepted by Christensen, 1992 [Accepted as Crataegus azarolus var. pontica]
• The species has been evaluated under C. azarolus as a variety by Christensen. It needs further taxonomic studies to understand its relationship with C. azarolus.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate Middle Asia Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. Caucasus Transcaucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Gruziya) Western Asia Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria (Lebanon), Palestine, Turkey. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Additional references

• Pojarkova, A.I. 1939. Crataegus. Pp. 416–468 in Komarov, V.L. & Juzepczuk, S.V. (eds.), Flora URSS (Flora Unionis Rerumpublicarum Sovieticarum Socialisticarum) IX. [Droseraceae – Rosaceae] [in Russian]. xix + 539 pp., Academia Scientiarum URSS, Mosqua, Leningrad. DJVU English translation: 425 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Riedl, H.U. 1969. Crataegus. Pp. 49–65 in Rechinger, K.H., Rosaceae I. In: Rechinger, K.H. (ed.) Flora Iranica. Vol. 66. 217 pp., 60 tab., Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt Graz. Reference page. 
• Browicz, K. 1972. Crataegus. Pp. 133–147 in Davis, P.H. (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. Vol. 4 (Rosaceae to Dipsacaceae). 657 pp. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh. ISBN 0-85224-208-5. Reference page. 
• Ovczinnikov, P.N. & Kochkareva, T.F. (ed.) 1975. Flora Tadzhikskoi SSR 4 [Ceratophyllaceae – Rosaceae]. 576 pp. [in Russian]. Izdatelstvo Akademii nauk SSSR, Moskva. DJVU Reference page. 
• Dönmez, A.A. 2004. The genus Crataegus L. (Rosaceae) wih special reference to hybridisation and biodiversity in Turkey. Turkish Journal of Botany 28(1): 29–37. PDF Reference page. 
• Lazkov, G.A. & Sultanova, B.A. 2011. Checklist of vascular plants of Kyrgyzstan. Norrlinia 24: 1–166. DJVU Reference page. 

Links

• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Crataegus pontica in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

• Participants of the FFI/IUCN SSC Central Asian regional tree Red Listing workshop, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (11-13 July 2006) 2007. Crataegus pontica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63523A12686510.en.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Crataegus pontica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 31. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Crataegus pontica. Published online. Accessed: 31 Jan 2020.