23. Malus florentina (Zuccagni) C.K.Schneid.

Figs 53–54

Illustriertes Handbuch der Laubholzkunde Vol. 1: 724 (Schneider 1906b).

Crataegus florentina Zuccagni, Centuria I: Observationum Botanicarum: 30 (No. 72) (Zuccagni 1806). – Mespilus florentina (Zuccagni) Bertol., Opuscoli Scientifici 1 (2): 149 (Bertoloni 1817). – Pyrus florentina (Zuccagni) Targ. -Tozz., Memorie di Matematica e di Fisica della Società italiana delle Scienze desidente in Modena 20 (2): 302, tab. 5 (Targioni Tozzetti 1829). – Tormimalus florentina (Zuccagni) M.Roem., Familiarum Naturalium Regni Vegetabilis Synopses Monographicae 3, Rosiflorae: 131 (Roemer 1847). – Sorbus florentina (Zuccagni) K.Koch, Hortus Dendrologicus: 176 (Koch 1853). – Cormus florentina (Zuccagni) Decne ., Nouvelles Annales du Muséum d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, Ser. 1 10: 157 (Decaisne 1874). – Eriolobus florentinus (Zuccagni) Stapf, Curtis’s Botanical Magazine 156: sub tab. 9305, in obs (Stapf 1933). – Malosorbus florentina (Zuccagni) Browicz, Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica 16: 70 (Browicz 1970). – Tormimalus × florentina (Zuccagni) Holub, Preslia 70 (2): 115 (Holub 1998).

– Type: ITALY • South Firenze, Mt. Cuccioli; 27 May 1874 and 23 Aug. 1874; fl, fr; Levier s.n.; neotype: FI [FI001747]!, designated by K. Browicz 1970: 72; isoneotype: FI [FI001748, FI001749]!

Examined specimens

ITALY – Abruzzo • L’Àquila; 1 Jul. 2002; fr; C. Navarro et al. CN 3928; PE .

Description

Tree, rarely ramifications. Leaves petiolate, petiole ca 0.5‒2.0 cm long, puberulous. Lamina ca 3.0‒6.0 cm long, ovate, base rounded or cuneate, equilateral, apex acute, margin crenate to serrulate, blade abaxially pubescent, lobed. Inflorescence corymbose, with 6‒8 flowers. Sepals persistent. Petals ca 1.5‒2.5 cm in diameter, white, obovate or oval. Stamens 20‒30, unequal. Styles 5, pubescent at base. Pome ca 1.0 cm in diameter, oval or obovate.

Distribution

Albania, Greece, Italy, Serbia and Turkey (Fig. 53).