Malus baccata var. baccata

Li, Jing-chao, Liu, Jian-quan & Gao, Xin-fen, 2022, A revision of the genus Malus Mill. (Rosaceae), European Journal of Taxonomy 853, pp. 1-127 : 17-18

1a. Malus baccata var. baccata

Pyrus baccata L. , Mantissa Plantarum: Generum editionis VI. et specierum editionis II: 75 ( Linnaeus 1767). – Malus sibirica Borkh., Archiv für die Botanik (Leipzig) 1 (3): 89 ( Borkhausen 1798), nom. inval., nom. nov. of Pyrus baccata L. – Pyrus baccata var. sibirica Maxim. , Bulletin de l’Académie impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg 19: 170 ( Maximowicz 1874). – Malus baccata var. sibirica (Maxim.) C.K.Schneid., Illustriertes Handbuch der Laubholzkunde Vol. 1: 720 ( Schneider 1906b). – Malus sibirica (Maxim.) Kom. , Key for the Plants of the Far Eastern Region of the USSR. Part 2: 638 ( Komarov & Klobukova-Alisova 1932, non Borkhausen 1798).

– Type: COUNTRY UNKNOWN • locality unknown; s.d.; fl; Linnaeus s.n.; holotype: LINN [ LINN-HL647-4 ]!

Malus rossica Medik., Geschichte der Botanik unserer Zeiten: 78 ( Medikus 1793), nom. inval.

Malus pallasiana Juz. , Flora USSR Vol. 9: 370 ( Juzepczuk 1939).

– Type: RUSSIA • Transbaikalia; s.d.; Anonymous s.n.; type: LE, designated by Juzepczuk 1939: 370.

Malus chamardabanica Vartapetyan & Solovjeva , Byulleten’ moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody, Otdel biologicheskii 85 (5): 82 ( Vartapetyan & Solovjeva 1980). – Malus baccata f. chamardabanica (Vartapetyan & Solovjeva) Ponom. , Botanical Magazine 73 (1): 83. ( Ponomarenko 1988), syn. nov.

– Type: RUSSIA • 20 Sep. 1978; fr; Вартапетян B. [Vartapetyan V.] s.n.; holotype: MW [ MW0592212 ]!; isotype: MW [ MW0592213 ]!

Examined specimens

CHINA – Beijing • Baihua Mountain ; Jun. 1996; fl; Q.R. Liu 06719 8; BNU • ibid.; 8 Jul. 1988; fr; H.X. Gao 018414; BNU • Mentougou; 21 May 1974; fl; K.J. Guan 74-097; PE. – Chongqing • Chengkou; 18 May 2005; fr; Z.Y. Liu 2050152; IMC • Kaixian ; 5 Sep. 2002; fr; Z.Y. Liu 2023209-01; IMC. – Fujian • Xiamen ; 14 Jul. 1981; fr; G. Yao et al. 8149; FJSI. – Gansu • Lien hoa_shan, Hako, slopes of Mt.; Oct. 1926; fr; J.F. Rock. 13498; IBSC, AU • Tianshui ; Apr. 1960; fl; Anonymous 00052; PE • Pingliang ; 15 May 2014; fl; Y. He & J.S. Hao GSL2014050511; BNU. – Guangdong • Ruyuan ; 10 Apr. 1934; fl; X.P. Gao 54069; BNU • same collection data as for preceding; fl, fr; X.P. Gao 54078; BNU. – Guizhou • Tungtze ; 18 May 1930; fr; Y. Tsiang 4909; IBSC. – Hebei • Xinglong ; 12 May 1951; fl; Y. Liu 15269; IBK • Pohuashan ; 21 Jul. 1930; W.Y. Hsia 2202; IBSC. – Henan • Xinxiang ; Jul. 1959; fr; F.Q. Li 23704; HENU • Luanchuan ; 18 Apr. 2015; fl; W.G. Yang 150418026 06; HEAC. – Heilongjiang • Haerbin ; 11 Jul. 1956; fr; Lin 11 51; NEFI • Huma ; 29 Jul. 1961; fl; Z. Lu 90083; NEFI. – Hubei • Yingshan ; 28 Apr. 2015; fl; L. Chen CB08794; CSH • Luotian ; 19 May 2015; fl; L. Chen CB09123; CSH • locality unknown; 1930; fr; H.F. Chow 41023; LBG. – Hunan • Yangmingshan ; 12 Apr. 1942; st; Y. Jiang & S.Q. Chen 699; IBK. – Inner Mongolia • Humeng ; 30 Jun. 1963; fl, fr; Anonymous 164; PE • Chahameng ; 9 Sep. 1949; fl, fr; Y.W. Cui 00883; PE. – Jilin • Antu ; 4 Sep. 1959; fl, fr; P.Y. Fu 1364; PE • Changbaishan ; 6 Aug. 2012; fr; H.C. Zhou ZhouHC1078; KUN. – Jiangxi • Lushan ; 26 Jul. 1922; fr; A.N. Steward 4522; PEY. – Liaoning • Fengcheng ; 18 May 1960; fl; Y.C. Deng & Q.H. Feng 220; IBK • Qianshan ; 23 Jul. 1958; fr; F.M. Luo et al. GUO818; PE. – Qinghai • Huzhu ; Sep. 1980; fr; G.B. Shi 161; IBSC. – Shandong • Kunyushan ; 8 May 1959; fl; T.Y. Zhou et al. 0718; NAS • Qingdao ; 6 Aug. 1958; fr; Z.L. Yan 115; PE. – Shanxi • Zhongyang ; 12 Jun. 1955; fr; Zhongyangyidui 0011; PE • Mozhanggou ; 8 Jun. 1956; fl; W.Z. Wang et al. 486; PE. – Shaanxi • Taipaishan ; 21 Apr. 1939; fl; K.T. Fu 2972; PE. – Shanghai • Taochuan ; 26 Apr. 1956; fl; Anonymous 00014; PE • Yanan ; 13 Sep. 1954; fr; K.J. Fu 8159; PE. – Sichuan • Lixian ; 7 Aug. 1958; fr; Z.L. Wu 33576; CAF • Mt. Gibboh ; May 1928; fl; J. Rock 016003; IBSC. – Tianjin • Jixian ; 1 Aug. 1972; fr; Jipudui 409; PE. – Tibet • Gongbujiangdaxian ; 6 Aug. 2014; fr; X.C. Chen 6090; HNWP • Lhasa ; 15 May 1980; fl; Z.C. Ni 79248; PE, XZ. – Xinjiang • Aertai ; 25 Aug. 1956; fr; R.C. Qin xin2337; PE. – Yunnan • Chao-tung Hsien ; 18 May 1932; fl; H.T. Tsai 50905; IBK, PE, NAS • Hills around La-chu pa ; Sep. 1924; fr; G. Forrest 25074; PE. – Zhejiang • Anji ; 8 Oct. 1989; fr; Zhihangbiao 003355; HHBG .

RUSSIA – Tschita • Schilka ; 25 Jun. 1977; fr; N. Alianskaia & T. Sofejkova 145; PE .

SOUTH KOREA – Incheon • Hyeolgusan ; 24 Jul. 2011; fr; G.-N. Jeon 201111-0052; PE. – Jeora- Nam-Do • Gu-Rae-Gun ; 23 Jun. 2004; fr; C.S. Chang et al. sky0334; PE. – Kyeong-Sang-Nam-Do • San-Cheong-Gun ; 21 May 2004; fl; C.S. Chang & K.S. Lee sky0099; PE .

UNITED STATES – New York • Ontario , cultivated; 28 Sep. 1990; fr; Zhen-long Yan 1034; PE .

Description

Tree, 10‒15 m high. Leaves petiolate, petiole 1.1‒4.2 cm long, puberulous or glabrescent. Lamina 3.9‒9.8 × 1.6‒5.2 cm, oval to ovate, base cuneate, apex retuse to caudate, margin crenate to serrulate, blade abaxially puberulous or glabrescent. Inflorescence umbellate, with 3‒5 flowers. Pedicel 1.6‒4.4 cm long, pubescent when young, glabrescent. Petals ca 0.9‒1.8 × 0.5‒1.0 cm, white, obovate. Pome ca 0.7 × 0.6 cm, subglobose, yellow to red. Carpopodium ca 3.3 cm long, glabrous.

Phenology

Flowers from April to September. Mature fruits from September to October.

Habitat

Terrestrial, seasonally green, growing in miscellaneous wood forests on slopes and in valleys; up to 1500 m a.s.l.

Distribution

Bhutan, China (Beijing, Chongqing, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Heilongjiang, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Qinghai, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Tianjin, Tibet, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Zhejiang), India (Kamoon), Japan (Aomori, Nagano), Kashmir, South Korea (Inchon, Jeollanam-do, South Gyeongsang), Mongolia, Nepal, and Russia (Siberia).

Chromosome number

2n = 34.