Kingdom Plantae Family Rosaceae Section Coccineae Scientific name Crataegus ellwangeriana | Order Rosales Genus Crataegus Series Coccineae Rank Species | |
Similar Crataegus calpodendron, Crataegus altaica, Crataegus chlorosarca | ||
Crataegus ellwangeriana is a named hawthorn species that has been poorly understood and often misidentified. It is now considered to be a synonym of C. coccinea var. coccinea. A study concluded, that C. pennsylvanica of series Molles has frequently been misidentified as C. ellwangeriana.
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