Eriolobus

The status, affinity, scope or nomenclature of this taxon is disputed.

Please see discussion on the talk page.

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

Familia: Rosaceae
Subfamilia: Amygdaloideae
Tribus: Maleae
Subtribus: Malinae
Genus: Eriolobus
Species: E. florentinus – E. trilobatus

Name

Eriolobus M.Roem., Syn. Rosifl. 104, 216 (1847).
Note: Now best treated as a synonym of Malus Liu et al. (2023) & Govaerts (2025) c.f. Hassler (2025)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Cormus sect. Eriolobus (DC.) Decne., Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 157. 1874.
- Eriolobus sect. Eueriolobus C.K.Schneid., Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 189. 1903, nom. inadmiss.
- Pyrus sect. Eriolobus DC., Prodr. (Candolle) 2: 636. 1825 [1].
- Malus subsect. Florentinae Rehder, J. Arnold Arbor. 2: 48. 1920; Malus sect. Florentinae (Rehder) M.H.Cheng ex G.Z.Qian, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 158(2): 225. 2008.
  - Type species: M. florentina C.K.Schneid.

References

Primary references

Liu, G.N., Ma, D.K., Xu, C., Huang, J., Ge, B.J., Luo, Q., Wei, Y. & Liu, B.B. 2023. Malus includes Docynia (Maleae, Rosaceae): evidence from phylogenomics and morphology. PhytoKeys 229: 47-60. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.229.103888 Reference page.

Links

Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Eriolobus in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2022 March 20.Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Eriolobus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 March 20. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Eriolobus. Accessed: 20 March 2022. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Eriolobus. Published online. Accessed: March 20 2022. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Eriolobus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 March 2022. Reference page.