Crataegus succulenta Schrader ex Link (Q4349)

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Crataegus succulenta is a taxon with the rank species within the series Crataegus ser. Macracanthae
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Crataegus succulenta Schrader ex Link
Crataegus succulenta is a taxon with the rank species within the series Crataegus ser. Macracanthae

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    taxon/id/Crataegus succulenta Schrader ex Link
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    Crataegus succulenta Schrader ex Link
    Crataegus succulenta
    Schrader ex Link
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 9: Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    fleshy hawthorn (English)
    succulent hawthorn (English)
    aubépine succulente (French)
    Succulent hawthorn (English)
    aubépine succulente (English)
    Shrubs or trees, 40–80 dm.
    Stems: older trunks usually bearing compound thorns;
    thorns on twigs numerous, usually recurved, shiny, 1-year old dark blackish brown, stout, 3–6 (–8) cm.
    Leaves: petiole 1–2 cm, narrowly winged distally, glabrous, eglandular;
    blade rhombic-elliptic to broadly rhombic-ovate or elliptic, 4–7 cm widest near middle, subcoriaceous mature (then often blue-green), base cuneate (constricted), lobes 3–5 per side, obscure to well-marked, sinuses shallow, lobe apex usually subacute to obtuse, margins serrate except proximally, veins 6–8 per side, impressed, apex acute to subacute, rarely obtuse, abaxial surface glabrous, adaxial scabrate-pubescent young.
    Inflorescences 15–30-flowered;
    branches pubescent or glabrous;
    bracteoles linear, 1.7 cm, margins glandular.
    Flowers 12–17 mm diam.;
    hypanthium glabrous or pubescent;
    sepals narrowly triangular, 4–6 mm, margins glandular-serrate to glandular-laciniate, abaxially glabrous, adaxial pubescence not recorded;
    stamens 20, anthers usually red or pink, rarely white, 0.5–0.7 mm;
    Pomes bright or deep red, lustrous, suborbicular, (4–) 7–10 (–14) mm diam., glabrous, rarely pubescent;
    sepals spreading-reflexed;
    pyrenes 2 or 3, sides pitted.