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Taxon: Malus prunifolia (Willd.) Borkh.

Genus: Malus section: Malus
Family: Rosaceae subfamily: Amygdaloideae tribe: Maleae subtribe: Malinae.
Nomen number: 23259
Place of publication: Theor. prakt. Handb. Forstbot. 2:1278. 1803
Name verified on: 29-Jun-2011 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 29-Jun-2011
Species priority site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Geneva (GEN).
Accessions: 53 in National Plant Germplasm System.


Common names:

  • Chinese apple   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  • crab apple   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  • plum-leaf apple   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  • qiu zi   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  • pommier à feuilles de prunus   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – French
  • Kirsch-Apfel   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – German
  • sibirisk apel   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
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Economic importance:

  • Environmental: ornamental   (fide Zander ed13)
  • Gene sources: graft stock relative for apple   (fide Genet Res Crop Evol 46:606. 1999)
  • Gene sources: potential for cold tolerance in apple   (fide Genet Res Crop Evol 46:606. 1999)
  • Gene sources: potential for disease resistance in apple   (fide Genet Res Crop Evol 46:606. 1999)
  • Gene sources: progenitor of ornamental apples   (fide Eur Gard F)
  • Gene sources: secondary genetic relative of apple   (fide Russian J Genet 38:1155, 1158. 2002)

Distributional range:

      Native:
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    China: China - Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Hunan, Liaoning, Nei Monggol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan

      Cultivated:
  • also cultivated

References:

  • Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
  • Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR).
  • Deng, G. T. et al. 1995. Distribution and use of Malus in Hengduan Mountain region, southwest China. Pl. Genet. Resources Newslett. 102:34.
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
  • Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
  • Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage.
  • Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants.
  • Forte, A. V. et al. 2002. Phylogeny of the Malus (apple tree) species, inferred from the morphological traits and molecular DNA analysis. Russian J. Genet. 38:1150–1160. [as Malus × prunifolia, considered closely related to the domesticated apple].
  • Fu, Y. C. et al. 1977–. Flora intramongolica.
  • Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  • Likhonos, F. D. 1974. A survey of the species in the genus Malus Mill. Trudy Prikl. Bot. 52:31. [= M. domestica subsp. prunifolia (Willd.) Likhonos].
  • Oraguzie, N. C. et al. 2005. DNA fingerprinting of apple (Malus spp.) rootstocks using simple sequence repeats. Pl. Breed. (New York) 124:197–202.
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  • Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.
  • Way, R. D. et al. 1991. Apple (Malus). Acta Hort. 290:3–46.
  • Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).
  • Zhong Guo & Hua Jing. 1993. China floral encyclopaedia.
  • Zhou, Z.-Q. 1999. The apple genetic resources in China: the wild species and their distributions, informative characterists and utilisation. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 46:607. [lists as M. ×prunifolia (Willd.) Borkh.].
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Check other web resources for Malus prunifolia (Willd.) Borkh.:

  • Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Malus prunifolia cultivars
  • 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.

Images:

More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images 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.

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URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?23259 (25 May 2013)

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