Crataegus pontica

Crataegus pontica
	Here given as Crataegus azarolus var. pontica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Subtribe:	Malinae
Genus:	Crataegus
Species:	C. pontica
Binomial name
	Crataegus pontica; K.Koch[1]
Synonyms[2]
	Crataegus aronia var. pontica (W.D.J.Koch) Zohary & Danin; Crataegus azarolus var. pontica (W.D.J.Koch) K.I.Chr.;

Crataegus pontica is a species of hawthorn found in Turkey (including East Thrace), the Transcaucasus, possibly Palestine and Jordan, Iraq, Iran and Central Asia.[2] It is planted as a windbreak, and its yellow to orange fruit are made into marmalade, or dried and ground to be added as a flavoring to baking flour.[3]

References

Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 22: 269 (1853)
"Crataegus pontica K.Koch". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
Hanelt, Peter (2001). Mansfeld's Encyclopedia of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Except Ornamentals. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. p. 496. ISBN 978-3540410171.

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[1] Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 22: 269 (1853)

[724025-1-2] "Crataegus pontica K.Koch". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2020.

[Mansfeld-3] Hanelt, Peter (2001). Mansfeld's Encyclopedia of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Except Ornamentals. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. p. 496. ISBN 978-3540410171.