Pyrus malus Linnaeus var. sylvestris Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 479. 1753.

RCN: 3662.

Neotype (Langenfelds, Apple-trees: 186. 1991): Latvia. Dist. Madonensis, prope villula Grasi, Langenfelds 105 (RIG).

Current name: Malus sylvestris (L.) Mill. ( Rosaceae).

Note: See discussion by Mabberley & al. (in Telopea 9: 425-426. 2001).