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As classified in WFO snapshot

June 2025

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Crataegus L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 475 (1753)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000009592.

Literature

Christensen, K. I. (1992). Revision of Crataegus Sect. Crataegus and Nothosect. Crataeguineae (Rosaceae-Maloideae) in the Old World. Systematic Botany Monographs, 35, 1. https://doi.org/10.2307/25027810
Sp. Pl. 1: 475. 1753 [1 Mai 1753] ; Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 213. 1754

Statistics

Synonyms of Crataegus

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Phaenopyrum	M.Roem.	Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 3: 152 (1847)		wfo-1200075218
Anthomeles	M.Roem.	Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 3: 140 (1847)		wfo-4000002447
Crataego-mespilus	Simon-Louis	Rev. Hort. [Paris]. 71: 403, fig. 42. 1899 [1 Sep 1899]		wfo-4000009590
Crataemespilus	E.G.Camus	J. Bot. (Morot) 13: 326 (1899)		wfo-4000009594
Halmia	(Medik.) M.Roem.	Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 3: 134 (1847)		wfo-4000016758
Mespilus	L.	Sp. Pl. : 478 (1753)		wfo-4000023878
Oxyacantha	Medik.	Philos. Bot. 1: 150 (1789)		wfo-4000027532
Phalacros	Wenz.	Linnaea 38: 164 (1874)		wfo-4000029083
Sportella	Hance	J. Bot. 15: 207 (1877)		wfo-4000036184
Xeromalon	Raf.	New Fl. 3: 11 (1838)		wfo-4000040954
Crataegomespilus	Simon-Louis ex Bellair	Rev. Hort. (Paris) 71: 482 (1899)	—	wfo-4100003572
Mespilophora	Neck.	Elem. Bot. 2: 73 (1790)		wfo-4100003580

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