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

Li, Jing-chao, Liu, Jian-quan & Gao, Xin-fen, 2022, A revision of the genus Malus Mill. (Rosaceae), European Journal of Taxonomy 853, pp. 1-127 : 18-19

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.

Figures

Fig. 7. Distribution of Malus baccata (L.) Borkh. var. gracilis (Rehder) T.C.Ku.

Fig. 8. Morphological characters of Malus baccata (L.) Borkh. var. gracilis (Rehder) T.C.Ku; A00026586 (type), HNWP160546, HNWP262000, PE00927497, PE00927499, PE00927502. Scale bars = 10 mm.