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Ver. 19.2
March 25th, 2024

260.0000 Family Rosaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl.: 334 (1789), nom. cons.
97-110 genera, ca. 7.500 spp., of them about 4.000 microspecies in Rubus, Alchemilla and Sorbus
Species listed in database: 7618; hybrids: 491
= Agrimoniaceae Gray; Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 395, 574 (1822)
= Alchemillaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar: 17 (1820)
= Amygdalaceae Marquis; Esq. Règne Vég.: 49 (1820), nom. cons.
= Cercocarpaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl.: 287 (1858)
= Chamaemoraceae Lilja; Skånes Fl., ed. 2: 349, 980 (1870)
= Coleogynaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl.: 171 (1858)
= Cydoniaceae Schnizl.; Anal. Nat. Ordn. Gew.: 14 (1856)
= Dryadaceae Gray; Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 395, 577 (1822)
= Fragariaceae Nestl.; Monogr. Potentilla: 14 (1816)
= Lindleyaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl.: 166 (1858)
= Malaceae Small; Fl. S. E. U. S.: 529 (1903), nom. cons.
= Mespilaceae Schultz Sch.; Nat. Syst. Pflanzenr.: 509 (1832)
= Neilliaceae Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 1: 390 (1855)
= Potentillaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Prir. Rostlin: 231 (1820)
= Poteriaceae Raf.; Anal. Nat.: 173 (1815)
= Prunaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar: 511 (1820)
= Pyraceae Vest; Anleit. Stud. Bot.: 268, 286 (1818)
= Rhodotypaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl.: 172 (1858)
= Sanguisorbaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Prir. Rostlin: 231 (1820)
= Sorbaceae Brenner; Florist. Handb.: 94 (1886)
= Spiraeaceae Bertuch; Taf. Allg. Naturgesch. Gewächs-Reich: Enum. 10, Syn. Tab. 3 (1801)
= Tormentillaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar: 636 (1820)
= Ulmariaceae Gray; Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 395, 588 (1822)
260.3841 Genus Mespilus L.; Sp. Pl. 1: 478 (1753)
Distribution: S- and Southeast Europe, Asia Minor, N-Iran, Caucasus, and Middle Asia. The genus is often included in Crataegus s. lat.
Species listed in database: 1
species :
Mespilus germanica L.; Sp. Pl. 478 (1753)
Name: Echte Mispel (DE), Medlar (EN)
Distribution: England [I]; Netherlands [I]; Belgium [I]; Luxembourg [I]; Germany (Brandenburg, Berlin [I], Baden-Württemberg, Bayern [I], Hessen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Switzerland [I]; Liechtenstein [I]; Austria [I]; Poland [c]; Czech Republic [c]; Slovakia [I]; Hungary [I]; Portugal [I]; Spain [I]; Baleares [I]; France [I]; Channel Isl. [I]; Corsica [I]; Sardinia [I]; Italy [I]; Sicily [I]; Malta [I]; San Marino [I]; Slovenia [I]; Croatia [I]; Serbia; Kosovo [I]; North Macedonia [c]; Albania [c]; Romania [I]; Bulgaria (I?); European Turkey; Greece [I]; Crete [c]; Ukraine; Crimea; Madeira [I]; Turkmenistan [I]; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Turkey (E-Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia, W-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia); Iraq (NE-Iraq); Iran (EC-Iran, N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan); Cyprus (C-Mountains); Ecuador [I]
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= Crataegus germanica (L.) K.Koch; Verh. Ver. Bef. Gartenb. II. 1: 225 (1853)
= Crataegus germanica (L.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 215 (1891)
= Crataegus mespilus Clairv. ex Jess.; Deutsche Excursions-Fl. 395 (1879), nom. illeg.
= Mespilus abortiva Mord.Laun.; Bon Jard. 1808: 116 (1808)
= Mespilus apyrena Poit. & Turpin; Duhamel, Traité Arbr. Fruit. 6: no. 2 (1826)
= Mespilus calicina Stokes; Bot. Mat. Med. 3: 107 (1812), nom. illeg.
= Mespilus communis Gueldenst.; Reisen 1: 419 (1787), nom. illeg.
= Mespilus domestica Gaterau; Descr. Pl. Montauban: 92 (1789), nom. illeg.
= Mespilus germanica f. apyrena (DC.) Rehder; Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 240 (1949)
= Mespilus germanica f. cylindrica Vesirischvili; Zametki Sist. Geogr. Rast. 21: 22 (1959)
= Mespilus germanica f. gigantea Hegi; 740 (1922)
= Mespilus germanica f. globosa Vesirischvili; Zametki Sist. Geogr. Rast. 21: 22 (1959)
= Mespilus germanica f. macrocarpa (DC.) Zabel; Beissner et al., Handb. Laubholzben.: 180 (1903)
= Mespilus germanica f. macrocarpa Hegi; 740 (1922)
= Mespilus germanica f. obconica Vesirischvili; Zametki Sist. Geogr. Rast. 21: 22 (1959)
= Mespilus germanica unranked maliformis (Dierb.) Schübl. & G.Martens; 327 (1834)
= Mespilus germanica unranked pyriformis (Dierb.) Schübl. & G.Martens; 327 (1834)
= Mespilus germanica var. abortiva (Mord.Laun.) Dum.Cours.; Bot. Cult. 5: 446 (1811)
= Mespilus germanica var. abortiva (Mord.Laun.) Pers.; Syn. Pl. 2: 39 (1807)
= Mespilus germanica var. apyrena DC.; Lam. & A. DC., Fl. Franç., éd. 3 4: 435 (1805)
= Mespilus germanica var. diffusa Aiton; Hort. Kew. 2: 173 (1789)
= Mespilus germanica var. diffusa W.T.Aiton; Hortus Kew. 3: 205 (1811)
= Mespilus germanica var. domestica Borkh.; 196 (1790)
= Mespilus germanica var. gigantea G.Kirchn.; Petzold & Kirchner, Arbor. Muscav.: 288 (1864)
= Mespilus germanica var. hortensis Dum.Cours.; Bot. Cult. 5: 446 (1811)
= Mespilus germanica var. integrifolia Fed.et al.Fed.; Trudy Armyansk. Fil. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. Biol. 2: 37 (1937)
= Mespilus germanica var. macrocarpa DC.; Lam. & A. DC., Fl. Franç., éd. 3 4: 434 (1805)
= Mespilus germanica var. maliformis (Dierb.) S.Schauer; 298 (1848)
= Mespilus germanica var. pyriformis (Dierb.) S.Schauer; 327 (1848)
= Mespilus germanica var. sativa Gray; Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 566 (1821 publ. 1822)
= Mespilus germanica var. sativa Merrem; 225 (1809)
= Mespilus germanica var. serrulata Fed.et al.Fed.; Trudy Armyansk. Fil. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. Biol. 2: 38 (1937)
= Mespilus germanica var. silvestris Dierb.; 37, var. orthogr. (1827)
= Mespilus germanica var. stricta Aiton; Hort. Kew. 2: 172 (1789)
= Mespilus germanica var. stricta W.T.Aiton; Hortus Kew. 3: 205 (1811)
= Mespilus germanica var. sylvestris (Mill.) DC.; Lam. & A. DC., Fl. Franç., éd. 3 4: 434 (1805)
= Mespilus germanica var. sylvestris (Mill.) Münchh.; 202 (1770)
= Mespilus germanica var. sylvestris (Mill.) P.D.Sell; Fl. Gr. Brit. Ireland 2: 523 (2014), nom. illeg.
= Mespilus macrocarpa (DC.) Poit. & Turpin; Duhamel, Traité Arbr. Fruit. 6: no. 2 (1826)
= Mespilus portentosa Poit. & Turpin; Duhamel, Traité Arbr. Fruit. 6: no. 3 (1826)
= Mespilus pubescens Pohl; Tent. Fl. Bohem. 2: 164 (1814)
= Mespilus sylvestris Mill.; Gard. Dict. ed. 8.: Mespilus no. 1 (1768)
= Mespilus vulgaris C.Bauhin ex Rchb.; Fl. Germ. Excurs. 630 (1832), nom. illeg.
= Mespilus vulgaris Gueldenst.; Reis. Russland 1: 312 (1787), nomen
= Mespilus vulgaris Rchb.; Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2: 630 (1832)
= Ostinia mespylus Clairv.; Man. Herb. 162 (1811), nom. illeg.
= Pyrus germanica (L.) Hook.f.; Stud. Fl. ed. I. 127 (1870)
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