Pyracantha crenulata (D. Don) M. Roemer (1847: 220)

Feng, Hui-Zhe, Wei, Su-Juan, Wang, Long-Yuan, Chen, Su-Fang, Fan, Qiang & Liao, Wen-Bo, 2021, A taxonomic revision of the Pyracantha crenulata complex (Rosaceae, Maleae), Phytotaxa 478 (2), pp. 239-252 : 244-245

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scientific name	Pyracantha crenulata (D. Don) M. Roemer (1847: 220)
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Pyracantha crenulata (D. Don) M. Roemer (1847: 220) View in CoL . ≡ Mespilus crenulata D. Don (1825: 238) View in CoL . ≡ Crataegus View in CoL crenulata (D. Don) Roxburgh (1832: 509). Type:— NEPAL. Wallich Cat. 674 (GZU-000283038!, GZU-000283040!,

K-000758628!, K-001111567! & MO-1898609!).

= Photinia fortuneana Maximowicz (1873: 179) View in CoL . ≡ Pyracantha fortuneana (Maxim.) H.L. Li (1944: 420) View in CoL . Type:— CHINA. Fujian: Xiamen [Hsiameng], Fortune A69 (K-000758310!, K-000758311!, P-02143286!, P-02143287! & P-02143288!).

= Sportella atalantioides Hance (1877: 207) . ≡ Pyracantha atalantioides (Hance) Stapf (1926: 9099) View in CoL . Type:— CHINA. Guangdong [Kuangtung]: Lianzhou [Lianchaw], October 1876, J.C. Nevin s.n. (Herb. propr. n. 19960) (BM-000946992!, BM-000946993!, K- 000758623! & K-000758625!).

= Photinia crenatoserrata Hance (1880: 261) View in CoL . ≡ Pyracantha crenatoserrata (Hance) Rehder (1931: 72) View in CoL . Type:— CHINA. Hubei [Hupeh]: Yichang [Ichang], 1879, T. Watters s.n. (Herb. propr. n. 20988).

= Pyracantha gibbsii A.B. Jackson (1916: 309) View in CoL . Type:— CHINA. Hubei [Hupeh]: Badong [Patung], E.H. Wilsion 349 (A-00969286!, A- 00969287! & A-00969288!); Western Hubei, E.H. Wilsion 662 (A-00969291! & GH-00969283!); E.H. Wilsion 2984 (A-00969289! & GH00969290 !); Sichuan: Mt. Emei , E.H. Wilsion 4871a (A-00138014! & A-00138108!).

= Pyracantha crenulata var. rogersiana A.B. Jackson (1916: 309) View in CoL . ≡ Pyracantha rogersiana (A.B. Jacks.) Bean (1921: 2608) View in CoL . Type:— CHINA. Yunnan: Delavay 1889; Western China: Forrest 5984 (K).

= Pyracantha discolor Rehder (1920: 260) View in CoL . Type:— CHINA. Hubei: Fang Hsien , June 1907, E.H. Wilsion s.n. (Arnold Arb. Exp. No. 2986).

= Pyracantha crenulata var. kansuensis Rehder (1923: 115) View in CoL . Type:—USA. Santa Barbara cultivated (original collected from near Yan-puko, Gansu [Kansu], China), November 29, 1922, E.O. Orpet s.n. (A-00032483!).

Shrubs or small trees, to 5 m tall, with thorny branches. Branches dark brown when old, initially rusty pubescent, glabrous when old. Petiole 3–6 mm, glabrous; leaf blade oblong or oblanceolate, rarely ovate-lanceolate, 2–7 × 0.8–1.8 cm, both surfaces glabrous, base broadly cuneate or slightly rounded, margin entire or serrulate, apex acute or obtuse. Compound corymb 3–5 cm in diam., many flowered; peduncle initially brown pubescent basally, glabrescent; bracts caducous, lanceolate. Pedicel 4–10 mm, glabrous. Flowers 6–9 mm in diam. Hypanthium campanulate, glabrous. Sepals triangular, 1–1.2 mm, abaxially glabrous, apex acute. Petals orbicular, 4–5 × 3–4 mm, apex rounded. Stamens 20; filaments 2–3 mm. Ovary densely white pubescent apically; styles nearly as long as stamens. Pome orangish yellow or orangish red when mature, nearly globose, 3–8 mm in diam.; sepals persistent, erect. Fl. Mar–May, fr. Aug–Nov.

Distribution and habitat: Pyracantha crenulata distributed from the Himalayas to Philippines. It grows in slopes, valleys, among shrubs, open forests; 200‒1700 m.

Phenology:—Flowering from April to May, fruiting from September to December.

Additional specimens examined: see APPENDIX.

Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida
Order	Rosales
Family	Rosaceae
Genus	Pyracantha

Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida
Order	Rosales
Family	Rosaceae
Genus	Mespilus

Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida
Order	Rosales
Family	Rosaceae
Genus	Crataegus