Crataegus monogyna Jacq., Fl. Austriac. 3: 50, pl. 292, f.1 50 1775. (syn: Crataegus apiifolia Medik. ; Crataegus oxyacantha var. monogyna (Jacq.) Wahlenb. ; Crataegus oxyacantha subsp. monogyna (Jacq.) Syme ; Crataegus oxyacantha proles monogyna (Jacq.) Samp. ; Crataegus oxyacantha monogyna (Jacq.) Sanio ; Mespilus apiifolia (Medik.) B.D.Jacks. ; Mespilus monogyna (Jacq.) All. ; Mespilus oxyacantha subsp. monogyna (Jacq.) Čelak. ; Oxyacantha apiifolia (Medik.) M.Roem. ; Oxyacantha monogyna (Jacq.) M.Roem. ; ………………………………………….); .. Europe to Caucasus, N. Africa to Iraq: Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Yugoslavia; Introduced into: Argentina South, British Columbia, California, Cape Provinces, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Free State, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Madeira, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., South Australia, Tasmania, Vermont, Victoria, Washington, Wisconsin as per POWO; . English Hawthorn, may, mayblossom, maythorn, quickthorn, whitethorn, motherdie, haw; . Deciduous tree with thorns on twigs; leaves lobed ovate to deltoid with cuneate base, with 1-3 lobes on each side, petiole up to 3 cm long, margins weakly and often few-toothed at lobe apices, veins 2–5 per side; flowers white, up to 15 mm across, in 5-15 flowered inflrescences; sepals 1.5–2.5 mm, margins entire, apex acute or obtuse; stamens 15–20, anthers pink-purple; pomes sometimes bright, usually dark red, orbicular. .
ID request-091011-PKA1: Seen this Shrub at “Shankaracharya Hill, Srinagar”. Could this be Crataegus monogyna?? Date/Time: 24-09-2011 / 12:15PM Habitat: Wild Plant Habit: Shrub
Crataegus monogyna Jacq., Fl. Austriac. 3: 50, plate 292, fig. 1. 1775. Syn: C. oxycantha var. praecox Loud.; C. oxycantha Hook.f FBI 2: 383 (non L.) Deciduous tree with thorns on twigs; leaves lobed ovate to deltoid with cuneate base, with 1-3 lobes on each side, petiole up to 3 cm long, margins weakly and often few-toothed at lobe apices, veins 2–5 per side; flowers white, up to 15 mm across, in 5-15 flowered inflrescences; sepals 1.5–2.5 mm, margins entire, apex acute or obtuse; stamens 15–20, anthers pink-purple; pomes sometimes bright, usually dark red, orbicular. Photographed from Kashmir .    J&K, Srinagar, April 2023 :: Crataegus monogyna for confirmation :: ARK2023-045: 3 high res. images. This was seen on the Shankaracharya hill in Srinagar, J&K in April 2023. Guessing it to be Crataegus monogyna based on eFI pics. Requested to please confirm. Looks good. Cultivated? Has it got spines ? Please check Crataegus songarica Both Crataegus monogyna and Crataegus songorica occur in Kashmir. The crucial difference is number of styles and seeds in fruit, single style and single seed in dark red pome in C. monogyna, 2-3 styles and pyrenes 2-3, reddish-black in C. songarica. .
Crataegus oxycantha . |
Crataegus monogyna (Introduced)
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