Chaenomeles

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rosales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Rosales

Chaenomeles Lindl., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13: 96 (-97) (1821)

Type species: Chaenomeles japonica (Thunb.) Lindl. ex Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. (Spach) 10: 159 (1834)

The original spelling was Choenomeles but it has been replaced by Chaenomeles in most literature. The spelling Chaenomeles has been proposed for conservation (Wijnands 1990).
C. lahenaria and C. speciosa are synonymised by some authorities see POWO c.f. Hassler.
Sometimes including Pseudocydonia (C.K.Schneid.) C.K.Schneid.

Lindley, J. 1821. Observations on the natural Group of Plants called Pomaceæ. The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13: 88–106. BHL Reference page. p. 96, 97.

Wijnands, D.O. 1990: (987) Proposal to conserve the spelling of 3336a Chaenomeles Lindley (Rosaceae). Taxon 39: 534–535.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Chaenomeles in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Dec. 17. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2025. Chaenomeles. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2025. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Dec 17. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Chaenomeles. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 17 2025. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Chaenomeles. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Dec 2025. Reference page.