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Taxon:  Malus sieversii (Ledeb.) M. Roem.



Summary
Genus:
Malus
Section:
Malus
Family:
Rosaceae
Subfamily:
Amygdaloideae
Tribe:
Maleae
Subtribe:
Malinae
Nomen number:
23275
Place of publication:
Fam. nat. syn. monogr. 3:216. 1847
Comment:
valid publication verified from original literature
Verified:
06/13/2011 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Malus sieversii (Ledeb.) M. Roem. var. kirghisorum (Al. Fed. & Fed.) Ponomar. (0 active accession[s])
Malus sieversii (Ledeb.) M. Roem. var. sieversii (0 active accession[s])
Malus sieversii (Ledeb.) M. Roem. var. turkmenorum (Juz. & Popov) Ponomar. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
  1. Büttner, R. et al. 2004. Gene banks for the preservation of wild apple genetic resources. J. Fruit Ornam. Pl. Res. 12:99-105.
  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
  3. Coart, E. et al. 2006. Chloroplast diversity in the genus Malus:new insights into the relationship between the European wild apple (Malus sylvestris (L.) Mill.) and the domesticated apple (Malus domestica Borkh.). Molec. Ecol. 15:2171-2182. Note: see Nikiforova et al. 2013 for clarifying sequences used in this study
  4. Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. 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: this study found a close affinity of Malus sieversii to cultivated apple
  6. Gharghani, A. et al. 2009. Genetic identity and relationships of Iranian apple (Malus × domestica Borkh.) cultivars and landraces, wild Malus species and representative old apple cultivars based on simple sequence repeat (SSR) marker. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 56:829-842.
  7. Gross, B. L. et al. 2012. Identification of interspecific hybrids among domesticated apple and its wild relatives. Tree Genet. Genomes 8:1223-1235.
  8. Johnson, E. 2015. Malus sieversii from USDA … a Widespread Malus data compilation. (on-line resource).
  9. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
  10. Likhonos, F. D. 1974. A survey of the species in the genus Malus Mill. Trudy Prikl. Bot. 52:23.
  11. Nikiforova, S. V. et al. 2013. Phylogenetic analysis of 47 chloroplast genomes clarifies the contribution of wild species to the domesticated apple maternal line. Molec. Biol. Evol. 30:1751-1760.
  12. Ponomarenko, V. V. 1977. On the specific composition of wild growing apple trees in the USSR and centers of their genetic diversity. Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 62(6):826.
  13. Ponomarenko, V. V. 1979. A note on Malus sieversii (Ledeb.) M. Roem. (Rosaceae). Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 64(7):1047-1050.
  14. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  15. Richards, C. M. et al. 2009. Genetic diversity and population structure in Malus sieversii, a wild progenitor species of domesticated apple. Tree Genet. Genomes 5:339-347.
  16. Sauer, J. D. 1993. Historical geography of crop plants. 110. Note: CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
  17. Wagner, I. et al. 2000. Isozymes in Malus sylvestris, Malus domestica an in related Malus species. Acta Hort. 538:51-56.
  18. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
  19. Zhou, Z.-Q. 1999. The apple genetic resources in China: the wild species and their distributions, informative characterists and utilisation. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 46:605.
Common names
Transcribed Chinese
xin jiang ye ping guo –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXinjiang Uygur Zizhiquw.
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan s.e.
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKyrgyzstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTajikistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaUzbekistan  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan (s.e.), Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  • CHINA: China [Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (w.)]
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=23275. Accessed 29 May 2025.