Rosaceae |
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Crataegus curvisepala LINDMAN |
Crataegus L. |
C. curvisepala Lindman, Svensk Fanerogamfl. 307, t. 189 (1918). Syn: C. apressidens Pojark. in Novit. Syst. PL Vasc. (Leningrad) 164 (1964); C. calycina Petermann subsp. curvisepala (Lindman) Franco in Feddes Rep. 79:39 (1968). Ic: Fl. Polska 7: f. 44, 3 (1955). Figure 3, p. 143. Map 25, p. 141. Shrub or tree up to 5 m; spines 1-2 cm. Leaves rhombic to ovate-oblong, (10-)20-40 mm, as broad as long, cuneate at base, concolorous, glabrous or with scattered hairs; on lower part of short shoots shortly 3-lobed; on upper part of short shoots and on long shoots with 3-7 deeply incised lobes, irregularly serrate at apex and often almost to the base. Inflorescence 7-12-flowered, lax. Flowers white; pedicels 5-10 mm, elongating in fruit to 10-20 mm; sepals triangular-lanceolate, acuminate, refiexed in flower and fruit; style l(-2). Fruit dark purple, ellipsoidal, 8-15 x 4-8 mm; pyrene 1. Fl. 5-6. Deciduous and mixed forests, bushy slopes, banks of rivers, 50-1800 m. Described from Sweden. Mainly N. & Inner Anatolia. A2(A) Istanbul: Samandira, Tanker (I S TO 11242)! A3 Bolu: Bolu to Abant G., M. & D. Zohary 3557! A4 Kastamonu: Kastamonu to Küre, 1300 m, D. 21709! A5 Sinop: Boyabat to Sinop, D. 38075! A7 Trabzon: Fol Köy, 1100 m, Hand.-Mazz. 408! B4 Ankara: nr. Ankara, on Elmadağ road, A. Bay top 8871! B6 Malatya: 40 km W. of Malatya, M. Zohary 2858! B9 Bitlis: Tatvan to Tug, 1800 m, D. 22318! C6 Maraş: Akifiye, Findik Dere, 1500 m, Coode & Jones 1226! C10 Hakkari: Nehil Çayi, 48-55 km from Hakkari to Yüksekova, 1600-1700 m, D. 44895! C. & E. Europe, S. Russia, Caucasia. Pojarkova (in Fl. URSS 9:450, 1939) considers C. curvisepala to be synonymous with C. kyrtostyla Fingerh., whereas Franco (in Fl. Europaea 2:75, 1968) treats C. kyrtostyla as a hybrid between C. calycina sensu stricto and C. monogyna, occuring only in N.W. Europe. Gross-heim records C. kyrtostyla from A9 Çoruh (nr. Posof, Grossheim 5: map 45) and considers it to be widespread in Caucasia. These records may well refer to C. curvisepala. This species probably hybridizes with C. monogyna, C. meyeri and C. microphylla. A record of C. calycina Petermann (Deutschl. Fl. 176, 1849) from 'Phrygia, Salizar, Warburg 114' (Diapulis, op. cit. 65) probably refers to this species. |