Malus mandshurica
Appearance
(Redirected from Malus baccata var. mandshurica)
Malus mandshurica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Genus: | Malus |
Species: | M. mandshurica
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Binomial name | |
Malus mandshurica (Maxim.) Kom.[1]
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Malus mandshurica, the Manchurian crab apple, is a species of Malus found in China, far eastern Russia, North Korea, and Japan.[2] Some authorities consider it to be a variety of the Siberian crab apple, Malus baccata. It is used as a rootstock for cultivated apples in China.
References
[edit]- ^ Izv. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 25: 146 (1925)
- ^ Hanelt, Peter. Mansfeld's Encyclopedia of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Except Ornamentals. pp. 474–475. ISBN 978-3540410171.