Crataegus flava

Crataegus flava, United States Botanic Garden, Washington

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: Unieurosida Ordo: Rosales

Familia: Rosaceae
Subfamilia: Amygdaloideae
Tribus: Maleae
Subtribus: Malinae
Genus: Crataegus
Subgenus: Crataegus subg. Americanae
Sectio: Crataegus sect. Coccineae
Series: Crataegus ser. Intricatae
Species: Crataegus flava

Name

Crataegus flava Aiton, Hort. Kew. 2: 169 (1789).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Anthomeles flava (Aiton) M.Roem., Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 3: 142 (1847).
• Heterotypic
  • Mespilus caroliniana Poir., Encycl. 4: 442 (1798).
  • Crataegus caroliniana Pers., Syn. Pl. 2: 36 (1806).
  • Crataegus michauxii Pers., Syn. Pl. 2: 38 (1806) tentatively listed as a synonym Crataegus condigna Crataegus condigna
  • Mespilus flava Willd., Pl. Hort. Berol. 1: 523 (1809).
  • Crataegus turbinata Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept., Suppl.: 735 (1814).
  • Mespilus turbinata Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 506 (1825).
  • Anthomeles turbinata (Pursh) M.Roem., Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 3: 142 (1847).
  • Phaenopyrum carolinianum M.Roem., Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 3: 152 (1847).
  • Mespilus flexispina K.Koch, Dendrologie 1: 139 (1869).

Homonyms

• Crataegus flava Darl., Fl. Cestr.: 292 (1837), nom. illeg. vide Crataegus punctata Jacq., Hort. Bot. Vindob. 1: 10 (1770)
• Crataegus flava Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 557 (1821), nom. illeg. vide Crataegus coccinea var. coccinea
• Crataegus flava Hook., Fl. Bor.-Amer., Bot. N. Brit. Amer. 1: 202 (1832), sensu auct. vide Crataegus intricata Lange, Bot. Tidsskr. 19: 264 (1895)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Southeastern U.S.A. Florida, Georgia, South Carolina. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Aiton, W. 1789. Hortus Kewensis; or, a catalogue of the plants cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. Vol. II. Octandria–Monadelphia. 460 pp., tt. 7–10. George Nicol, London. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Phipps, J.B. 1988. Re-Assessment of Crataegus flava Aiton and Its Nomenclatural Implications for the Crataegus Serial Name Flavae (Loud.) Rehd. and Its Sectional Equivalent. Taxon 37(1): 108–113. DOI: 10.2307/1220937 JSTOR Reference page. 
• Phipps, J.B. & Dvorsky, K.A. 2007. Review of Crataegus Series Apricae, ser. nov., and C. flava (Rosaceae). Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 1(1): 171–202. JSTOR BHLReference page. 
• Phipps, J.B. 2014. Crataegus. Pp. 588 in Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.), Flora of North America North of Mexico. Volume 9: Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae. xxiv + 713 pp., Oxford University Press, New York / Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-534029-7. efloras FNA WebsiteReference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Crataegus flava in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 Jan 12. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2026. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora.. Crataegus flava. Accessed: Jan 12 2026. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2026. Crataegus flava. Published online. Accessed: 12 Jan 2026. Reference page.

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