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Crataegus orientalis
Species of hawthorn / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Crataegus orientalis, known as oriental hawthorn,[2] is a species of hawthorn native to the Mediterranean region, Turkey, Caucasia, Crimea, and western Iran, with fruits that are orange or various shades of red.[1][3]
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Crataegus orientalis | |
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Crataegus orientalis subsp. orientalis | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Genus: | Crataegus |
Species: | C. orientalis |
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Crataegus orientalis | |
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This species is highly variable. Knud Ib Christensen in his monograph[1] divides it into four subspecies: