Malus florentina (Zuccagni) C.K.Schneid.

Li, Jing-chao, Liu, Jian-quan & Gao, Xin-fen, 2022, A revision of the genus Malus Mill. (Rosaceae), European Journal of Taxonomy 853, pp. 1-127 : 80-81

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2022.853.2019
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7521991
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/273C87B4-8060-3D03-C538-02851033FB8B
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Malus florentina (Zuccagni) C.K.Schneid.
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Treatment

23. Malus florentina (Zuccagni) C.K.Schneid. View in CoL

Figs 53–54 View Fig View Fig

Illustriertes Handbuch der Laubholzkunde Vol. 1: 724 ( Schneider 1906b).

Crataegus florentina Zuccagni View in CoL , Centuria I: Observationum Botanicarum: 30 (No. 72) ( Zuccagni 1806). – Mespilus florentina (Zuccagni) Bertol., Opuscoli Scientifici View in CoL 1 (2): 149 ( Bertoloni 1817). – Pyrus florentina (Zuccagni) Targ. View in CoL -Tozz., Memorie di Matematica e di Fisica della Società italiana delle Scienze desidente in Modena 20 (2): 302, tab. 5 ( Targioni Tozzetti 1829). – Tormimalus florentina (Zuccagni) M.Roem. View in CoL , Familiarum Naturalium Regni Vegetabilis Synopses Monographicae 3, Rosiflorae: 131 ( Roemer 1847). – Sorbus florentina (Zuccagni) K.Koch View in CoL , Hortus Dendrologicus: 176 ( Koch 1853). – Cormus florentina (Zuccagni) Decne View in CoL ., Nouvelles Annales du Muséum d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, Ser. 1 10: 157 ( Decaisne 1874). – Eriolobus florentinus (Zuccagni) Stapf View in CoL , Curtis’s Botanical Magazine 156: sub tab. 9305, in obs ( Stapf 1933). – Malosorbus florentina (Zuccagni) Browicz, Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica View in CoL 16: 70 ( Browicz 1970). – Tormimalus × florentina (Zuccagni) Holub View in CoL , Preslia 70 (2): 115 ( Holub 1998).

– Type: ITALY • South Firenze, Mt. Cuccioli ; 27 May 1874 and 23 Aug. 1874; fl, fr; Levier s.n.; neotype: FI [FI001747]!, designated by K. Browicz 1970: 72; isoneotype: FI [FI001748, FI001749]!

Examined specimens

ITALY – Abruzzo • L’Àquila ; 1 Jul. 2002; fr; C. Navarro et al. CN 3928; PE .

Description

Tree, rarely ramifications. Leaves petiolate, petiole ca 0.5‒2.0 cm long, puberulous. Lamina ca 3.0‒6.0 cm long, ovate, base rounded or cuneate, equilateral, apex acute, margin crenate to serrulate, blade abaxially pubescent, lobed. Inflorescence corymbose, with 6‒8 flowers. Sepals persistent. Petals ca 1.5‒2.5 cm in diameter, white, obovate or oval. Stamens 20‒30, unequal. Styles 5, pubescent at base. Pome ca 1.0 cm in diameter, oval or obovate.

Distribution

Albania, Greece, Italy, Serbia and Turkey ( Fig. 53 View Fig ).