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apples and crabapples
Malus
Malus ( or ) is a genus of about 32–57 species of small deciduous trees or shrubs in the rose family Rosaceae. It includes the domesticated orchard apple, crabapples, and wild apples.
The genus is native to the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere. Crabapples are used as rootstocks to fortify domestic apples with features such as cold hardiness, but are not of much commercial value as most are too sour.
51 branches of this genus, most-observed first
apple
speciesMalus domestica
Siberian crabapple
speciesMalus baccata
European Wild Apple
speciesMalus sylvestris
Pacific Crab Apple
speciesMalus fusca
Pear-leaf Crabapple
speciesMalus prunifolia
Toringo Crabapple
speciesMalus toringo
southern crabapple
speciesMalus angustifolia
sweet crabapple
speciesMalus coronaria
Hupeh Crabapple
speciesMalus hupehensis
Prairie Crab Apple
speciesMalus ioensis
Malus sieversii
speciesMalus sieversii
Japanese Crabapple
hybridMalus × floribunda
Manchurian Crabapple
speciesMalus mandshurica
Caucasus apple
speciesMalus orientalis
Hall's Crab
speciesMalus halliana
Purple Crab
hybridMalus × purpurea
Chinese flowering crabapple
speciesMalus spectabilis
Niedzwetzky's apple
speciesMalus niedzwetzkyana
Kaido crabapple
hybridMalus × kaido
Sargent Crabapple
speciesMalus sargentii
Paradise Apple
hybridMalus × dasyphylla
Cherry Crab
hybridMalus × robusta
Small-fruited Crab Apple
speciesMalus transitoria
Dawson crabapple
hybridMalus × dawsoniana
Malus × zumi
hybridMalus × zumi
Malus kansuensis
speciesMalus kansuensis
Chinese pearleaf crabapple
speciesMalus asiatica
Malus praecox
speciesMalus praecox
Malus spontanea
speciesMalus spontanea
Red-checked Crab Apple
speciesMalus toringoides
Malus × moerlandsii
hybridMalus × moerlandsii
Malus rockii
speciesMalus rockii
Malus yunnanensis
speciesMalus yunnanensis
Malus sikkimensis
speciesMalus sikkimensis
Malus komarovii
speciesMalus komarovii
Malus hybrida
speciesMalus hybrida
Malus × atrosanguinea
hybridMalus × atrosanguinea
Malus ombrophila
speciesMalus ombrophila
Soulard's crabapple
hybridMalus × soulardii
Malus crescimannoi
speciesMalus crescimannoi
Malus × magdeburgensis
hybridMalus × magdeburgensis
Eley's Crab
hybridMalus × eleyi
Malus prattii
speciesMalus prattii
Malus honanensis
speciesMalus honanensis
Malus bhutanica
speciesMalus bhutanica
Malus jinxianensis
speciesMalus jinxianensis
Malus daochengensis
speciesMalus daochengensis
Malus muliensis
speciesMalus muliensis
Malus delavayi
speciesMalus delavayi
Malus doumeri
speciesMalus doumeri
Malus indica
speciesMalus indica
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
A New Herbal, or History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens (trans. Henry Lyte) · 1578 · p.732
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.269
De medicinali materia libri sex
Dioscorides · 1552 · p.650
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.253
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1422
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1427
A New Herbal, or History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens (trans. Henry Lyte) · 1578 · p.727
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.452
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.847
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.408
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.845
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.846
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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 54500.