Malus ombrophila Hand.
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Plantae
- phylum
- Tracheophyta
- class
- Magnoliopsida
- order
- Rosales
- family
- Rosaceae
- genus
- Malus
- species
- Malus ombrophila
biology_ecology
Phenology Flowers in June. Mature fruits in August. Habitat Terrestrial, seasonally green, growing in mixed forests in valleys; 2000 ‒ 3500 m a. s. l.
description
Chromosome number 2 n = 34.
description
Description Tree, 10 ‒ 15 m high. Branches terete, pubescent when young, glabrescent. Leaves petiolate, petiole ca 2.1 ‒ 3.0 cm long, puberulous. Lamina ca 8.1 ‒ 8.8 × 4.0 ‒ 4.8 cm, oval to oblong, base cordate, rounded or truncate, equilateral, apex acuminate, acute or obtuse, margin serrulate, blade abaxially villous, rarely 3 ‒ 5 - lobed. Inflorescence corymbose, with 4 ‒ 12 flowers. Pedicel ca 1.7 cm long, puberulous. Hypanthium densely puberulous. Sepals triangular, puberulous, persistent. Petals ca 0.6 × 0.4 cm, white, ovate. Stamens 15 ‒ 20, unequal. Styles 3 ‒ 5, glabrous. Pome ca 1.5 ‒ 2.0 cm in diameter, subglobose, red or yellow, with fruit spots. Carpopodium ca 2.7 cm long, puberulous.
description
Figs 45 – 46
distribution
Distribution China (Chongqing, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan) (Fig. 45).
materials_examined
Examined specimens CHINA – Beijing • Haidian; 20 Apr. 1962; fl; Renguo 67; PE • ibid.; 28 Aug. 1962; fr; Renguo 54; PE. – Chongqing • Chengkou; 23 Sep. 1958; fr; T. L. Dai 106040; PE. – Sichuan • Yanyuan; 9 May 1960; fl; S. Jiang et al. 5644; PE • Meigu; 21 Aug. 1959; fr; Chuanjingzhi 1913; PE • ibid.; 22 Oct. 1993; fr; Z. J. Ren 3921; PE • Luding; 22 Sep. 1953; fr; X. L. Jiang 37915; IBK • Leibo; 12 Aug. 1972; fr; 236 Renwuzu 0688; PE • Emeishan; 25 Jul. 1997; fr; G. Z. Li 15518; PE • Tah-liang-shan; 1 Sep. 1934; fr; T. T. Yu 3955; PE. – Tibet • Bomi; 3 Sept 1980; fr; Ecology Department Plateau Group 14870; PE • ibid.; 26 Sep. 2009; st; C. R. Zaxi & L. Xi ZhongY 730; KUN • Motuo; 1 Sep. 1980; fr; W. L. Chen 14591; PE • Chayu; 7 Oct. 2007; fr; Z. D. Fang, G. He & Q. E. Yang XZ- 684; SABG • Milin; 9 Aug. 2012; fr; Yarlung Zangbo Expedition Team 783; BJM. – Yunnan • Gongshan; 31 Aug. 1940; fr; K. M. Feng 7209; PE • ibid.; 25 Jun. 1982; fl, fr; Qingzang Team 7531; PE • ibid.; 8 May 2018; fl; H. B. bai & X. He 533324180508128 LY; SABG • Weixi; 19 Jul. 1981; fr; Institute of Beijing Hengduanshan Team 01693; PE • ibid.; Aug. 1935; fr; C. W. Wang 68690; PE, NAS • ibid.; 13 Jun. 1940; fl; K. M. Feng 4515; PE • Lijiang; 7 Nov. 1955; fr; K. M. Feng 21656; PE • Kiukiang; 3 Aug. 1937; fr; T. T. Yu 19595; PE • Deqin; 16 Jul. 1940; fr; K. M. Feng 5433; PE • ibid.; 7 Jun. 1937; fl; T. T. Yu 8521; PE.
materials_examined
– Type: CHINA • Yunnan, toward the end of the Tibeto-Birman river Nu Jiang (Salween) and Dulong Jiang (Djioudjiang), in the warm temperate valley Tjiontson-lumba below Tschamutong; alt. 2250 ‒ 2650 m; 28 Jun. 1916; fr; Handel-Mazzetti 9119; holotype: WU [WU 0059445]!