Crataegus pycnoloba

Crataegus pycnoloba
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Crataegus
Species:	C. pycnoloba
Binomial name
Crataegus pycnoloba Boiss. & Heldr.[2]

Crataegus pycnoloba is a species of hawthorn in the Rosaceae family.^[3] It is native to the mountains of the northern and central Peloponnesus of Greece.^[2] The plant is a shrub or rarely a small tree. The fruit are red or dark reddish brown when immature, but later develop a yellow background colour.^[4]

See also

• List of hawthorn species with yellow fruit

References

1. Bazos, I.; Rivers, M.C. (2017). "Crataegus pycnoloba". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T83725099A86135876. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T83725099A86135876.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Christensen, Knud Ib (1992). Revision of Crataegus sect. Crataegus and nothosect. Crataeguineae (Rosaceae-Maloideae) in the Old World. Systematic Botany Monographs. Vol. 35. American Society of Plant Taxonomists. ISBN 978-0-912861-35-7. JSTOR 25027810.
3. "Crataegus pycnoloba Boiss. & Heldr". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
4. Christensen, K.I. (2001). "Crataegus pycnoloba — en endemisk Hvidtjørn fra de græske bjerge" [Crataegus pycnoloba — a Hawthorn endemic to the Greek mountains] (PDF). Dansk Dendrologisk Årsskrift (in Danish). 19: 5–10.