Malus kansuensis (Batalin) C.K.Schneid.

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 : 61-63

16. Malus kansuensis (Batalin) C.K.Schneid.

Figs 39–40

Repertorium Novarum Specierum Regni Vegetabilis 3: 178 ( Schneider 1906a).

Pyrus kansuensis Batalin , Trudy imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago botanicheskago Sada 13 (1): 94 ( Batalin 1893). – Eriolobus kansuensis C.K.Schneid. , Illustriertes Handbuch der Laubholzkunde Vol. 1: 726 ( Schneider 1906b).

– Type: CHINA • Sichuan, septentrianale vallis fl. Honton; 12 Aug. 1885; fr; Potanin s.n.; lectotype: LE, designated by Langenfeld 1991: 137; isolectotype: K [ K000758428 ]!, PE [ PE00020669 ]!

Malus kansuensis f. calva Rehder , Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 2 (1): 50 ( Rehder 1920), syn. nov. – Malus kansuensis var. calva (Rehder) T.C.Ku & Spongberg , Flora of China 9: 186 (Ku & Spongberg 2003).

– Type: CHINA • Hubei, Fang Xian ; alt. 2300 m (7000 ft); 28 May 1907; fl; E.H. Wilson 264; type: A [ A00026651 ]!, K [ K000758430 ] !

Malus komarovii var. funiushanensis S.Y.Wang , Flora Henanensis Vol. 2: 201, fig. 994 ( Wang 1988).

– Type: CHINA • Henan, Luanchuan, Laojunshan ; Anonymous 14080; type: HNAC .

Examined specimens

CHINA – Anhui • Huangshan ; 8 Aug. 1936; fr; P.C. Tsoong s.n.; PE . – Chongqing • Chengkou ; 4 Apr. 1960; fl; Dabashan workgroup 00759; CDBI • ibid.; 20 Jul. 1958; fr; T.L. Dai 101347; CDBI, IBK • ibid.; 1 Jul. 2004; fr; Y. S. Chen et al. 640; WUK • Wuxi ; 1 Jun. 1962; fl; B.C. Ni Ni 000268; CDBI • ibid.; 25 Aug. 1989; fr; Y.D. Chen et al. 2441; PE • ibid.; 16 Sep. 1958; fr; G.H. Yang 58523; PE • Wushan ; 26 May 1989; fl; L.Q. Chen Chuanhua-245; CCAU . – Gansu • Zhouqu ; 19 Sep. 1958; fr; Y.Q. He 645; PE • ibid.; 17 Jul. 1998; fr; Bailongjiang Expedition Team 243; PE • Tianshui ; 19 Sep. 1951; fr; J.M. Liu 10586; PE • ibid.; 21 May 1963; fl; Q.X. Li 207; PE • Between Yaruku, Yarugomba and Lupassu ; Aug. 1925; J.F. Rock 131172; IBSC • Huicheng ; 13 Sep. 1958; fr; Z.Y. Zhang 782; IBSC, HIB, NAS • Lintan ; 11 Jul. 1957; fl; Taohe Team 3347; IBK, IBSC, KUN • Wenxian ; 21 May 2007; fl; D.E. Boufford et al. 37822; PE • ibid.; 16 May 2007; fl; D.E. Boufford et al. 37822; PE • Ling Tan Shen ; 19 Sep. 2005; fr; A. Aiello et al. 019; PE . – Henan • Lingbao ; 7 Aug. 2014; fr; J.M. Li et al. 140807133; HEAC • ibid.; 1959; fr; Puchabiaoben 14082; PE • Lushi ; 9 Jul. 1959; fr; Anonymous 34485; PE • Songxian ; 14 Sep. 1960; fr; K.J. Guan & T.L. Dai 2605; PE • Xixia ; 18 Jul. 1960; st; K.J. Guan & T.L. Dai 1204; PE • ibid.; 2 Jun. 1959; st; Anonymous 705; PE . – Hubei • Shennongjia ; 19 Jun. 1976; fr; E-Shennongjia Botanical Expedition 10427; PE, HIB • ibid.; 9 Sep. 1980; fr; 1980- Sino-American Botanical Expedition 893; NAS • ibid.; 27 Aug. 1980; fr; 1980- Sino-American Botanical Expedition 397; NAS • Badong ; 24 Jul. 1957; fl; G.X. Fu & Z.S. Zhang 1049; PE • ibid.; 24 Jul. 1957; fr; M.X. Nie & Q.H. Li 1049; LBG . – Hunan • Qianyang ; 7 May 1959; fr; P.X. Tan 60537; IBSC . – Jiangxi • Shangyouxian ; 20 Aug. 1971; fr; Jiangxi Team 552; PE • Suichang ; 14 May 1970; fr; 236 renwuzu 758; PE . – Ningxia: Liupanshan ; 28 Jul. 2012; fr; BNU LPS116; BNU • Longde ; 10 Jul. 1942; fr; Z.B. Wang 13102; PE . – Qinghai • Xunhua ; 6 Jun. 1981; fl; B.Z. Guo & W.Y. Wang 2506; HNWP • ibid.; 1 Jun. 2004; fl; Y.H. Wu 28184; HNWP . – Shanxi • Xingxian ; 31 Aug. 1955; st; Yellow-River Expedition second Team 2194; PE . – Shaanxi • Langao ; 12 Jun. 2005; fr; Y.S. Chen et al. 2466; WUK • ibid.; 28 Jun. 2004; fr; Y.S. Chen et al. 425; WUK • Pingli ; 22 Jun. 2005; fr; Y.S. Chen et al. 2941; WUK • Nangao ; 20 Jul. 1958; fr; T.L. Dai 101347; PE, SZ . – Sichuan • Kangding ; 30 May 1930; st; Z.P. Huang 1142; IBSC • ibid.; 21 May 1953; fl; X.L. Jiang 35649; IBK • Pingwu ; 31 Jul. 1958; fr; H.L. Tsiang 10940; IBSC • Maerkang ; 27 Aug. 1957; fl; X. Li 72299; PE • ibid.; 13 Sep. 2004; fr; C.S. Chang et al. SI0388; PE . – Tibet • Lhasa ; 4 Aug. 1970; fr; B.Z. Guo et al. 22270; NAS .

Description

Small tree or shrub, 3‒8 m high. Branches terete, pubescent when young, glabrescent. Leaves petiolate, petiole ca 1.9‒2.6 cm long, pubescent when young, puberulous or glabrescent. Lamina ca 4.9‒5.4 × 3.6‒3.9 cm, oval to ovate, base rounded, truncate or cordate, equilateral, apex acute or acuminate, margin crenate to serrulate, blade puberulous or glabrous, usually 3-lobed. Inflorescence corymbose, with 4‒10 flowers. Pedicel ca 2.2‒2.9 cm long, glabrous or pubescent when young then glabrescent. Hypanthium puberulous or glabrous. Sepals triangular, abaxially glabrous, adaxially puberulous, caducous. Petals ca 0.7 × 0.5 cm, white, obovate. Stamens ca 20, unequal. Styles 3, rarely 2 or 4, longer than stamens, glabrous or puberulous. Pome ca 1.0‒ 1.5 cm in diameter, ellipsoidal, yellow to red, with fruit spots. Carpopodium ca 2.6‒3.6 cm long, glabrous or puberulous.

Phenology

Flowers from May to June. Mature fruits from July to August.

Habitat

Terrestrial, seasonally green, growing in mixed forests or shrubs; 1500‒3300 m a.s.l.

Distribution

China (Anhui, Chongqing, Gansu, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Tibet) ( Fig. 39 ).

Chromosome number

2n = 34.

Figures

Fig. 39. Distribution of Malus kansuensis (Batalin) C.K.Schneid.

Fig. 40. Morphological characters of Malus kansuensis (Batalin) C.K.Schneid.; K000758427, K000758428 (isolectotype), PE00020669 (isolectotype), QIN05062, QIN05063, KUN0662441, P03144405, P03144408, A00026651 (type of Malus kansuensis var. calva (Rehder) T.C.Ku & Spongberg), K000758430 (type of M. kansuensis var. calva). Scale bars = 10 mm.