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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 prunifolia is a species of crabapple tree known by the common names plumleaf crab apple, [4] plum-leaved apple, [5] pear-leaf crabapple, Chinese apple and Chinese crabapple. [6] It is native to China.
Those varieties marked agm have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [2] [3] This list does not include the species and varieties of apples collectively known as crab apples, which are grown primarily for ornamental purposes, though they may be used to make jelly or compote. These are described under Malus.
Malus angustifolia, or southern crabapple, [3] ... Description M. angustifolia is a tree sometimes attaining a height of 10 meters (33 feet). The trunk can have a ...
There are more than 7,000 varieties of apples grown in the world, and 2,500 types are grown in the United States. ... As the name indicates, these apples are a cross between Jonathan and Golden ...
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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 .