Taxon: Crataegus laevigata (Poir.) DC.

• the 1 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.
• Check AABGA/NAPCC contact person for genus for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• English hawthorn   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• midland hawthorn   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  
• whitethorn   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• woodland hawthorn   (Source: Can J Bot 76:1871.) – English
  
• rundhagtorn   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Krussmann)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

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View phytochemical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Ireland; Sweden; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czech Republic; Germany; Hungary; Luxembourg; Netherlands; Poland; Slovakia; Switzerland
  East Europe: Latvia [w.]; Lithuania [w.]; Ukraine
  Southeastern Europe: Croatia; Italy; Romania [w.]; Slovenia
  Southwestern Europe: France

• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Norway [w.]

• AFRICA
  Northern Africa: Libya [also cult.]

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).
• Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
• Byatt, J. I. 1974. Application of the names Crataegus calycina Peterm. and C. oxyacantha L. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 69:15–21.
• Christensen, K. I. 1992. Revision of Crataegus section Crataegus and nothosection Crataeguineae (Rosaceae-Maloideae) in the Old World. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 35:64.
• Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976).
• Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Phipps, J. B. 1998. Introduction to the red-fruited hawthorns (Crataegus, Rosaceae) of western North America. Canad. J. Bot. 76:1871.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Crataegus laevigata.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Crataegus laevigata.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Crataegus laevigata.

Synonyms:

• (=) Crataegus oxyacantha auct.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Crataegus oxyacanthoides Thuill.
  
• (≡) Mespilus laevigata Poir. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Crataegus laevigata (Poir.) DC.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Crataegus laevigata 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:

• Forestry Images: from www.forestryimages.org
• Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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