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Malus sylvestris Mill.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Mill. (1768). In: Gard. Dict. Ed. 8, No. 1.

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Rosales
family
Rosaceae
genus
Malus
species
Malus sylvestris

Name

Synonyms
Crataegus grata Salisb.
Malus acerba Mérat
Malus acerba var. barcinonensis Sennen
Malus acerta Mérat
Malus aprilovii Dimitrov
Malus barcinonensis (Sennen) Sennen
Malus brevipedunculata Bertsch
Malus bulgarica Dimitrov
Malus communis subsp. acerba (Mérat) Bonnier & Layens
Malus communis subsp. austera (Wallr.) Wenz.
Malus communis subsp. sylvestris (L.) Dippel
Malus communis subsp. sylvestris (L.) Gams
Malus communis var. acerba (Mérat) Coss. & Germ.
Malus communis var. austera (Wallr.) Wenz.
Malus communis var. glabra Coss. & Germ.
Malus communis var. sylvestris (L.) Beck
Malus communis var. sylvestris (L.) DC.
Malus longipedunculata Bertsch
Malus malus (L.) Britton
Malus rhodopaea Dimitrov
Homonyms
Malus sylvestris Mill.
Malus sylvestris Moench
Common names
Afal Sur in Welsh
Afal Sur Bach in Welsh
Afalau Surion Bach in Welsh
Afalen Wyllt in Welsh
Afallen in Welsh
Afallen Sur in Welsh
Afalwydden in Welsh
Appel in Dutch
Coed Afalau Surion Bach in Welsh
Coeden Afalau Surion in Welsh
Cogwm in Welsh
Corafal in Welsh
Crab Apple in English
Crab Apple in English
Crab Apple in English
Crabapple (EN) in language.
Crabapple (EN) in language.
Crabosyn in Welsh
Crabotsen in Welsh
European Crab Apple in English
European Crab Apple in English
European Crabapple in English
European Wild Apple in English
European crab apple in English
European crab apple in English
European crab apple in language.
European crabapple in English
European wild apple in English
Holz-Apfel in German
Holz-Apfel in German
Holz-Apfel in German
Holz-Apfel (DE) in language.
Holz-Apfel (DE) in language.
Holz-Apfelbaum in German
Holz-Apfelbaum in German
Holz-Apfelbaum in German
Holz-Apfelbaum in German
Holzapfel in German
Melo selvatico in Italian
Melo selvatico in Italian
Melo selvatico in Italian
Melo selvatico in Italian
Pommier Sauvage in English
Pommier sauvage in French
Pommier sauvage in French
Pommier sauvage in French
Pommier sauvage in French
Pommier sylvestre, Pommier sauvage, Pommier des bois, Boquettier in French
Pren Afal Sur in Welsh
Pren Afalau in Welsh

Bibliographic References

  1. Coart, E., S. Van Glabeke, M. de Loose, A. S. Larsen, and I. Roldán-Ruiz, 2006: Chloroplast diversity in the genus Malus: new insights into the relationship between the European wild apple (Malus sylvestris (L.) Mill.) and the domesticated apple (Malus domestica Borkh.). Molecular Ecology, vol. 15, no. 8. 2171-2182.
  2. Colling G., Helminger T., Krippel Y., Schneider S. & Daco L. 2025. - Red List of the Vascular Plants of Luxembourg. Ferrantia 93, Musée national d’histoire naturelle, Luxembourg, 65 pp http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q136766546
  3. Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds., 2015: null. Flora of North America North of Mexico, vol. 8: Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae. 752.
  4. Høeg OA. (1974). Planter og tradisjon: floraen i levende tale og tradisjon i Norge 1925-1973. ISBN 8200089304. Page: 445. ISBN 8200089304
  5. Høeg OA. (1974). Planter og tradisjon: floraen i levende tale og tradisjon i Norge 1925-1973. ISBN 8200089304. Page: 445. ISBN 8200089304
  6. Høeg OA. (1974). Planter og tradisjon: floraen i levende tale og tradisjon i Norge 1925-1973. ISBN 8200089304. Page: 445. ISBN 8200089304
  7. Høeg OA. (1974). Planter og tradisjon: floraen i levende tale og tradisjon i Norge 1925-1973. ISBN 8200089304. Page: 445. ISBN 8200089304
  8. Karlsson (1998) Förteckning över svenska kärlväxter (The vascular plants of Sweden - a checklist)
  9. Mirek Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa H., Zając A., Zając A., Zając M.. 2020. Vascular plants of Poland. An annotated checklist. W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków. W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków
  10. Van der Meijden, R. (2005)
  11. Van der Meijden, R. (2005)
  12. Volk, Gayle M., Amandine Cornille, Charles-Eric Durel, and Ben Gutierrez / Korban, S. S., ed., 2021: Botany, Taxonomy, and Origins of the Apple (Chapter 2). The Apple Genome (Compendium of Plant Genomes). 19-32.
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