Taxon: Crataegus mexicana DC.

Common names:

• manzanita tejocotera   (Source: TreesS Mex )
  
• Mexican hawthorn   (Source: Pl Book as C. pubescens)
  
• tejocote   (Source: Sida Bot Misc 15:3.)
  

Economic importance:

• Human food: fruit   (fide Sida Bot Misc 15:3,24. 1997)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

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Distributional range:

Native:

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - San Luis Potosi
  Central Mexico: Mexico - Guanajuato [s.], Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Veracruz
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Mesoamerica: Costa Rica; Guatemala
  Western South America: Ecuador; Peru

References:

• Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. 1976–. Flora of Libya. (F Libya) [accepts].
• IPGRI. New World Fruits Database - on-line resource. (New World Fruits)
• Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976). (Krussmann) [= C. pubescens f. stipulacea (Loudon) Stapf].
• Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. (Pl Book) [= C. pubescens].
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
• Phipps, J. B. 1997. Monograph of northern Mexican Crataegus (Rosaceae, subfam. Maloideae). Sida, Bot. Misc. 15:21. [lists as C. mexicana Moç. & Sessé].
• Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs. (Rehder)
• Rzedowski, J. & R. McVaugh. 1966. La vegetacion de Nueva Galicia. (L NGalicia) [accepts].
• Standley, P. C. 1920. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23:1-1721. (TreesS Mex) [accepts].
• Stapf, A. 1914. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914:293.

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Synonyms:

• (=) Crataegus pubescens auct.
  (previously associated with 13 accessions)
• (=) Crataegus stipulosa (Kunth) Steud.
  (previously associated with 6 accessions)
• (=) Mespilus stipulosa Kunth
  

Check other databases for Crataegus mexicana DC.:

• New World Fruits Database: Online database from Bioversity International
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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