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Taxon:  Malus spectabilis (Aiton) Borkh.



Summary
Genus:
Malus
Section:
Malus
Family:
Rosaceae
Subfamily:
Amygdaloideae
Tribe:
Maleae
Subtribe:
Malinae
Nomen number:
23278
Place of publication:
Theor. prakt. Handb. Forstbot. 2:1279. 1803
Verified:
06/30/2011 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Pyrus spectabilis Aiton

Autonym(s)
Malus spectabilis (Aiton) Borkh. var. spectabilis

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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
  3. Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
  4. Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
  5. Forte, A. V. et al. 2002. Phylogeny of the Malus (apple tree) species, inferred from the morphological traits and molecular DNA analysis. Russian J. Genet. 38:1150-1160. Note: as Malus ×spectabilis
  6. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  7. Jiangsu Inst. Bot., ed. v. 1; Shan. R. H., ed. v. 2. 1977-1982. Jiangsu Zhiwuzhi (Flora of Jiangsu).
  8. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  9. Likhonos, F. D. 1974. A survey of the species in the genus Malus Mill. Trudy Prikl. Bot. 52:31. Note: = Malus domestica var. spectabilis (Aiton) Likhonos
  10. Lo, E. Y. Y. & M. J. Donoghue. 2012. Expanded phylogenetic and dating analyses of the apples and their relatives (Pyreae, Rosaceae). Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 63:230-243.
  11. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  12. Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs.
  13. Schuster, M. & R. Büttner. 1995. Chromosome numbers in the Malus wild species collection of the genebank Dresden-Pillnitz. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 42:353-361. Note: as 2n=34
  14. Tóth, M. et al. 2009. Malus taxa, selected in Hungary, as new gene sources of resistance to apple scab (Venturia inaequalis Cke./Wint). Acta Hort. 814:851-856. Note: as "Malus × spectabilis"
  15. Way, R. D. et al. 1991. Apple (Malus). Acta Hort. 290:3-46.
  16. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
  17. Zhang, W. et al. 1993. Distribution and diversity of Malus germplasm resources in Yunnan, China. HortScience 28:978-980. Note: as semi-cultivated
  18. Zhou, Z.-Q. 1999. The apple genetic resources in China: the wild species and their distributions, informative characteristics and utilisation. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 46:606-607. Note: = Malus ×spectabilis (Aiton) Borkh.
Common names
English
Asiatic apple –
Chinese crab –
Chinese flowering apple –
German
Pracht-Apfel –
Swedish
fagerapel –
Transcribed Chinese
hai tang hua –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHebei Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangsu Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaLiaoning Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaQinghai Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShaanxi Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShandong Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaSichuan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaZhejiang Sheng 
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Hebei Sheng, Jiangsu Sheng, Liaoning Sheng, Qinghai Sheng, Shaanxi Sheng, Shandong Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Zhejiang Sheng]
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmentalornamental Zhou, Z.-Q. 1999. The apple genetic resources in China: the wild species and their distributions, informative characteristics and utilisation. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 46:606-607. Note: = Malus ×spectabilis (Aiton) Borkh.
Environmentalornamental Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=23278. Accessed 2 June 2025.