Malus orientalis Uglitzk. ex Juz.

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5. Malus orientalis Uglitzk. ex Juz.

Figs 17–18

Flora USSR Vol. 9: 362, 492 ( Juzepczuk 1939).

Malus sylvestris subsp. orientalis (Uglitzk.) Browicz , Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands Vol. 4: 158 ( Browicz 1972b).

– Type: TURKEY • Tekirdag, 3 miles S of Inecik; 30 Jun. 1965; M.J.E Coode & B.M.G Jones 2868; lecotype: E [ E00439202 ]!, here designated .

Malus montana Uglitzk., Trudy severo-kavkazskogo Instituta spetsialnykh i tekhnicheskikh Kul’tur 1 (3): 18 ( Uglitzkich 1932). – Malus orientalis subsp. montana (Uglitzk.) Likhonos, Trudy po prikladnoi botanike genetike i selektsii 52 (3): 23 ( Likhonos 1974), without basionym page. – Malus orientalis var. montana Langenf. , Yablonya. Morfologichyeskaya evolyutziya, filogyeniya, geografiya, sistyematika roga: 179 ( Langenfeld 1991), without basionym page. – Malus orientalis var. montana (Uglitzk.) Ponomar., Sbornik nauchnykh Trudov po prikladnoi botanike, genetike i selektsii 146: 7 ( Ponomarenko 1992), nom. illeg.

– Type: AZERBAIJAN • Ismailly, inter pagos Baskae et Njudzhi , in silva declivitalis orientalis, alt. сa 1200 m; 22 Aug. 1940; L. Prilipko & G. Gurvitsh. s.n.; type: BAK.

Malus orientalis var. subalpina Ponomar. , Botanicheskii Zhurnal (Moscow & Leningrad) 60 (1): 58 ( Ponomarenko 1975), nom. nud.

Examined specimens

AFGHANISTAN – Herat • Kuh e Darunta ; 11 May 1969; fl; I. Hedge, P. Wendelbo & L. Ekberg W7844; E [ E00439227 ] .

ARMENIA – Caucasus • locality unknown; 8 Sep. 1931; st; Карягин [Karyagin] s.n.; MW • ibid.; 6 Aug. 1978; st; Тахтаджян [Tahtadjian] s.n.; MW . – Tsekhadzor • Mt. Tehenis ; 17 Sep. 1976; fr; Thomas S. Elias 3081; PE .

AZERBAIJAN – locality unknown; 4 Aug. 1934; st; ПетрОв [Petrov] s.n.; MW • ibid.; 27 May 1932; st; Карягин [Karyagin] s.n.; MW • ibid.; 26 Jun. 1931; st; ШипчинсКий [Shipchinsky] 355; MW.

RUSSIA – Krasnodar Krai & Adygea • locality unknown; 15 Jun. 1959; st; ГрОссет [Grosset] 296; MW . – Moscow • locality unknown; 2 Sep. 1982; st; Куваев & ШеЛгунОва [Kuvaev & Shelgunova] 108-3; MW • ibid.; 28 Jun. 1981; st; Куваев & ШеЛгунОва [Kuvaev & Shelgunova] 108-14; MW . – Stavropol Krai, Karachay-Cherkessia & Kabardino-Balkaria • locality unknown; 28 Apr. 1966; st; Михеев [Mikheyev] 284; MW .

TURKEY – Hakkari • Baskale ; 3 Aug. 1954; st; Davis, Polunin 23836; E [ E00439224 ] . – Kastamonu • Seydiler to Kure ; 30 Jul. 1962; fr; Davis D38468; E [ E00439219 ] . – Zonguldak • Balikisik ; 22 Jul. 1962; st; Davis, Coode & Yaltirik D37530; E [ E00439220 ] • Eregli; 15 Jul. 1962; st; Davis, Coode & Yaltirik D37530; E [ E00439225 ] .

Description

Tree, 8‒15 m high. Branches terete, dark brown or gray; annotinal bud lanuginous, dark brown. Leaves petiolate, petiole ca 0.5‒3 cm long, puberulous. Lamina 4.6 × 2.5 cm, oblong to orbicular, base cuneate, oblique, apex acuminate or cuspidate, margin crenate to serrulate, blade glabrescent. Inflorescence umbellate, with 4‒6 flowers. Pedicel ca 0.8‒1.2 cm long, glabrescent. Hypanthium densely lanuginous. Sepals triangular, short, puberulous, persistent. Petals ca 1.5 × 1.0 cm, white or light pink, obovate. Stamens ca 20, unequal. Styles 5, as long as or longer than stamens, glabrous or with dense tomentum at base, stigma clavate. Pome ca 2.0‒3.0 cm in diameter, subglobose or coniform, yellow or red. Carpopodium ca 1.0‒ 2.5 cm long, puberulent.

Phenology

Flowers from April to May. Mature fruits from August to October.

Habitat

Terrestrial, seasonally green, growing at the edge of the forest on slopes or in valleys; 1000‒2200 m a.s.l.

Distribution

Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Ciscaucasia, Georgia (Caucasus), Turkey and Iran ( Fig. 17 ).

Chromosome number

2n = 34.

Figures

Fig. 17. Distribution of Malus orientalis Uglitzk. ex Juz.

Fig. 18. Morphological characters of Malus orientalis Uglitzk. ex Juz.; E00439219, E00439220, E00439225, E00439202 (lecotype of Malus sylvestris subsp. orientalis (Uglitzk.) Browicz). Scale bars = 10 mm.