Malus Miller

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 66

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.293200
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scientific name	Malus Miller
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27. Malus Miller View in CoL 1

Deciduous, rarely spiny shrubs or trees. Leaves simple, sometimes lobed. Flowers in umbels. Petals clawed, white, pink or red; stamens 15-50; anthers dehiscing centrifugally, yellow; carpels 3-5, connate, walls cartilaginous in fruit; ovules 2 or more; styles 2-5, connate at base. Fruit more or less globose; flesh usually without stone-cells.

Many species are grown for ornament.

Literature: W. Henning, Züchter 17-18: 289-349 (1947). 1 Leaves lobed 2 Petiole 2-7 cm; sepals 7-10 mm, persistent 1. trilobata 2 Petiole 0-5-2 cm; sepals 3-4 mm, deciduous 2. fiorentina 1 Leaves not lobed 3 Mature leaves glabrous on both surfaces 3. sylvestris 3 Matureleavestomentose,atleastbeneath

4 Fruit more than 5 cm 6. domestica

4 Fruitlessthan5 cm

5 Leaves elliptical; styles glabrous 4. dasyphylla

5 Leaves ovate or obovate; styles sometimes villous in lower half 5, praecox