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June 2025

latest classification for this taxon

species

Malus indica (Wall.) B.B.Liu

This species name was first published in PhytoKeys 229: 52 2023

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-1000050578.

Literature

Liu, G.-N., Ma, D.-K., Xu, C., Huang, J., Ge, B.-J., Luo, Q., Wei, Y., & Liu, B.-B. (2023). Malus includes Docynia (Maleae, Rosaceae): evidence from phylogenomics and morphology. PhytoKeys, 229, 47–60. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.229.103888

Synonyms of Malus indica (Wall.) B.B.Liu

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Docynia griffithiana	Decne.	Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 131 (1874)		wfo-0000989911
Docynia delavayi	Rehder	Pl. Wilson. 2: 296 (1915)	—	wfo-0000990988
Pyrus rufifolia	H.Lév.	Bull. Géogr. Bot. 25: 46 (1915)		wfo-0000992568
Pyrus indica	Colebr. ex Wall.	Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 56 (1831)		wfo-0001003537
Docynia indica	(Colebr. ex Wall.) Decne.	Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 131 (1874)		wfo-0001003548
Cydonia indica	(Wall.) Spach	Hist. Nat. Vég. 2: 158 (1834)		wfo-0001016789
Docynia hookeriana	Decne.	Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 131 (1874)		wfo-0001016790
Docynia docynioides	(C.K.Schneid.) Rehder	J. Arnold Arbor. 2: 58 (1920)		wfo-0001016791
Docynia rufifolia	(H.Lév.) Rehder	J. Arnold Arbor. 13: 310 (1932)		wfo-0001016792
Malus docynioides	C.K.Schneid.	Bot. Gaz. 63: 400 (1917)		wfo-0001016793
Docynia indica var. griffithiana	(Decne.) Ghora	Bull. Bot. Surv. India 47: 149 (2005)		wfo-0001400037