Malus ioensis
Species of apple tree
Malus ioensis | |
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1913 lithograph by J.N.Fitch[1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Genus: | Malus |
Species: | M. ioensis |
Binomial name | |
Malus ioensis (Alph.Wood) Britton 1897 | |
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Natural range | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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Malus ioensis, known as the Iowa crab or prairie crabapple, is a species of crabapple tree native to the United States. The most common variety, M. ioensis var. ioensis, is found primarily in the prairie regions of the upper Mississippi Valley. Another variety, M. ioensis var. texana, or the Texas crabapple, is found only in a small region of central Texas.[3]
The Iowa crab can grow up to 10 meters (35 feet) in height. It bears white or pink flowers in the summer and small apple-like berries in the fall.[4]
Various wildlife consume the fruit.[5]
References
- ^ published in Curtis's Botanical Magazine, London., vol. 139 [= ser. 4, vol. 9]: plate 8488 - [1]
- ^ Tropicos, Malus ioensis (Alph. Wood) Britton
- ^ Malus ioensis at the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
- ^ Malus ioensis at the University of Texas at Austin Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- ^ Little, Elbert L. (1980). The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees: Eastern Region. New York: Knopf. p. 491. ISBN 0-394-50760-6.
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"Crabapple" or "Wild apple" (of the genus Malus)
and cultivars
- Malus angustifolia (Southern)
- Malus asiatica (Chinese pearleaf)
- Malus baccata (Siberian)
- Malus bracteata
- Malus brevipes
- Malus coronaria (Sweet)
- Malus crescimannoi
- Malus doumeri
- Malus 'Evereste'
- Malus florentina
- Malus floribunda (Japanese)
- Malus fusca (Oregon/Pacific)
- Malus glabrata
- Malus glaucescens
- Malus halliana
- Malus honanensis
- Malus hupehensis (Tea)
- Malus ioensis (Prairie)
- Malus kansuensis
- Malus lancifolia
- Malus mandshurica (Manchurian)
- Malus niedzwetskyana
- Malus orientalis (Caucasian)
- Malus prattii
- Malus prunifolia
- Malus rockii
- Malus sargentii
- Malus sieboldii
- Malus sieversii (Asian wild/Almaty)
- Malus sikkimensis
- Malus spectabilis
- Malus sublobata
- Malus sylvestris (European wild)
- Malus toringoides
- Malus transitoria
- Malus trilobata
- Malus tschonoskii
- Malus yunnanensis
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