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Crataegus
Crataegus (/krəˈtiːɡəs/), commonly called hawthorn, quickthorn, thornapple, May-tree, whitethorn, Mayflower or hawberry, is a genus of several hundred species of shrubs and trees in the family Rosaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe, Asia, North Africa and North America. The name "hawthorn" was originally applied to the species native to northern Europe, especially the common hawthorn C. monogyna, and the unmodified name is often so used in Britain and Ireland. The name is...
15 branches of this group, most-observed first
Crataegus
sectionCrataegus
Pinnatifidae
sectionPinnatifidae
Cuneatae
sectionCuneatae
Sinai Hawthorn
hybridCrataegus × sinaica
Hupehensis
sectionHupehensis
Crataegus × zangezura
hybridCrataegus × zangezura
Henryanae
sectionHenryanae
Crataegus × pseudoazarolus
hybridCrataegus × pseudoazarolus
Crataegus × rubrinervis
hybridCrataegus × rubrinervis
Crataegus × armena
hybridCrataegus × armena
Crataegus × chersonensis
hybridCrataegus × chersonensis
Crataegus × hafniensis
hybridCrataegus × hafniensis
Crataegus × killinica
hybridCrataegus × killinica
Crataegus × peloponnesiaca
hybridCrataegus × peloponnesiaca
Crataegus × yosgatica
hybridCrataegus × yosgatica
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1437484.