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Amelanchier canadensis (L.) Medik.

This species name was first published in Gesch. Bot. : 79 (1793)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0001007218.

Synonyms of Amelanchier canadensis (L.) Medik.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Amelanchier canadensis var. oblongifolia Torr. & A.Gray Fl. N. Amer. 1: 473 (1840) wfo-0000985617
Amelanchier canadensis var. botryapium (L.f.) Torr. & A.Gray Fl. N. Amer. 1: 473 (1840) wfo-0000986377
Amelanchier sera Ashe Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 46: 222 (1919) wfo-0000986421
Mespilus amelanchier var. nivea (Marshall) Castigl. Viagg. Stati Uniti 2: 293 (1790) wfo-0000986428
Crataegus amoena Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 357 (1796) wfo-0000990358
Crataegus racemosa Lam. Encycl. 1: 84 (1783) wfo-0000990517
Aronia botryapium (L.f.) Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 39 (1806) wfo-0000990830
Mespilus virginiana Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8. : Mespilus n.° 11 (1768) wfo-0000991080
Pyrus botryapium L.f. Suppl. Pl. : 255 (1782) wfo-0000991081
Amelanchier botryapium (L.f.) Borkh. Theor. Prakt. Handb. Forstbot. 2: 1260 (1803) wfo-0000991083
Aronia botryapium var. racemosa (Lam.) Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 39 (1806) wfo-0000991084
Aronia ovalis Elliott Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 558 (1821) wfo-0000991085
Pyrus ovalis Bigelow Fl. Boston. : 195 (1824) wfo-0000991086
Mespilus glabra Nutt. ex Hook. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 202 (1832) wfo-0000991087
Pyrus neumanniana Tausch Flora 21(1 Beibl.): 76 (1838) wfo-0000991088
Aronia affinis J.C.Neumann ex Tausch. Flora 21(1 Beibl.): 77 (1838) wfo-0000991089
Amelanchier ovalis G.B.Emers. Report on the trees and shrubs growing naturally in the forests of Massachusetts ; 1846 444 1846 wfo-0000991090
Amelanchier neumanniana (Tausch) M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 3: 147 (1847) wfo-0000991091
Amelanchier spicata Decne. Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 135 (1874) wfo-0000991092
Amelanchier oblongifera Ashe Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 46: 222 (1919) wfo-0000991094
Amelanchier longifolia M.Roem. ex Stapf Index londinensis ; 1929 116 1929 wfo-0000991095
Amelanchier austromontana Fernald Rhodora 43: 566 (1941) wfo-0000991096
Mespilus nivea Marshall Arbust. Amer. : 90 (1785) wfo-0000991097
Amelanchier lancifolia Zabel Handb. Laubholzben. : 191 (1903) wfo-0000991110
Amelanchier stolonifera var. lucida Fernald Rhodora 23: 267 (1921) wfo-0000994111
Aronia latifolia Riddell Suppl. Cat. Pl. Ohio 24. wfo-0000995579
Pyrus tenuifolia Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 3: 120 (1812) wfo-0000998800
Pyrus canadensis (L.) Billb. Linn. Samfund. Handl. 1: 24 (1832 publ. 1833) wfo-0001003647
Amelanchier oblongifolia (Torr. & A.Gray) M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 3: 147 (1847) wfo-0001009332
Amelanchier canadensis var. subintegra Fernald Rhodora 52: 67 (1950) wfo-0001009337
Amelanchier lucida (Fernald) Fernald Rhodora 50: 49 (1948) wfo-0001009343
Mespilus canadensis L. Sp. Pl. : 478 (1753) wfo-0001010814
Aronia canadensis (L.) Farw. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 122 (1930) wfo-0001016797
Amelanchier canadensis var. canadensis wfo-0001131759
Amelanchier botryapium var. conferta Farw. Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 17: 176 (1916) wfo-0001391832
Mespilus arbutifolia var. virginiana (Mill.) Castigl. Viagg. Stati Uniti 2: 294 (1790) wfo-0001394552
Mespilus amelanchier var. canadensis (L.) Castigl. Viagg. Stati Uniti 2: 294 (1790) wfo-0001394574
Amelanchier oblongifolia var. walteri M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 3: 147 (1847) wfo-0001398648
Amelanchier botryapium var. obovalis Farw. Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 17: 175 (1916) wfo-0001409706
Amelanchier canadensis var. semi-integrifolia Farw. Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 17: 174 (1916) wfo-0001409710
Amelanchier botryapium unranked lancifolia Simon-Louis ex Zabel Syst. Verz. Münden Pfl. : 19 (1878) wfo-1200076045
Amelanchier canadensis unranked grandiflora Zabel Handb. Laubholzben. : 191 (1903) wfo-1200076046
Amelanchier canadensis unranked lancifolia Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 392 (1893) wfo-1200076047
Amelanchier canadensis var. ovalis G.B.Emers. Trees & Shrubs Mass. : 504 (1878) wfo-1200076048
Amelanchier canadensis var. alnifolia Farw. Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 17: 174 (1916) wfo-1200091875
Amelanchier canadensis subvar. lancifolia (Dippel) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 53 (1906) wfo-1200091876