1b. Malus baccata var. gracilis (Rehder) T.C.Ku

Figs 7–8

Flora of China 9: 181 (Ku & Spongberg 2003).

Malus baccata f. gracilis Rehder, Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 2 (1): 49 (Rehder 1920).

– Type: CHINA • Shaanxi, Yenan Fu; 14 May 1919; fl; Purdom 327; type: A [A00026586] !

Examined specimens

CHINA – Gansu • Heshui; 21 Jul. 1954; fr; Yellow River Investigation Team 163; PE [PE00927499] • Pingliang; 8Aug. 1956; fr; Yellow River Investigation Team 2051; PE [PE00927502] • Yen Kwan; s.d.; fr; Fenzel & Pai 2826; PE . – Qinghai • Xining; 8 May 1990; fl; Z.H. Zhang et al. 5559; HNWP [HNWP160546] . – Shaanxi • Ganquan Laoshan; 10 May 1953; fl; Y.W. Cui 10001; PE [PE00927495] • ibid.; 23 May 1953; fl; Y.W. Cui 10077; PE • Meixian; 15 Oct. 1953; fr; Y.W. Cui 10937; PE .

Description

Small tree, 4‒6 m high; branches terete, pendulous. Pedicel ca 3 cm long. Petals ca 1.0 × 0.6 cm, white, obovate. Styles 3 or 4. Pome ca 0.7 × 0.8 cm.

Distribution

China (Gansu, Qinghai, Shaanxi) (Fig. 7).

Chromosome number

2n = 34.