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The wild apple is a deciduous small to medium-sized tree, but can also grow into a multi-stemmed bush. It can live 80–100 years and grow up to 14 metres (46 feet) tall with trunk diameters of usually 23–45 centimetres (9– 17 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches), although diameters exceeding 90 cm (35 in) have been recorded. [2]
36 species and 4 hybrids are accepted. [2] The genus Malus is subdivided into eight sections (six, with two added in 2006 and 2008). [citation needed] The oldest fossils of the genus date to the Eocene (), which are leaves belonging to the species Malus collardii and Malus kingiensis from western North America (Idaho) and the Russian Far East (), respectively.
Malus angustifolia, or southern crabapple, [3] is a species of crabapple native to the eastern and south-central United States. Description
Malus ioensis, known as the Iowa crab or prairie crabapple, is a species of crabapple tree native to the United States. The most common variety , M. ioensis var. ioensis , is found primarily in the prairie regions of the upper Mississippi Valley .
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Malus trilobata, the Lebanese wild apple, erect crab apple or three-lobed apple tree, is a species in the family Rosaceae in the genus Malus. [2] Some authorities place it in the segregate genus Eriolobus , as E. trilobatus .
Malus hupehensis, common names Chinese crab apple, [3] Hupeh crab [4] or tea crabapple, is a species of flowering plant in the apple genus Malus of the family Rosaceae. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] It is native to China.
Malus spectabilis (Chinese: 海棠; pinyin: hǎitáng) is a species of crabapple known by the common names Asiatic apple, [1] Chinese crab, [2] HaiTang and Chinese flowering apple. Description [ edit ]