Mespilus

genus of plants, medlar

Mespilus is a genus of plants in the Rosaceae family. It contains two species, Mespilus germanica and Mespilus canescens, though M. canescens is a hybrid between M. germanica and a Crataegus species, and is properly called × Crataemespilus canescens. [1]

Mespilus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Mespilus
Species:
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Binomial name
Mespilus

References change

  1. "Mespilus in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2020-08-08.