Crataegus reverchonii var. mohrii

(Beadle) J. B. Phipps

J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 1006. 2007.

Endemic
Basionym: Crataegus mohrii Beadle Bot. Gaz. 28: 416. 1899 (as mohri)
Synonyms: C. denaria Beadle
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 9. Treatment on page 538. Mentioned on page 537.

Shrubs, 10–30 dm. Short-shoot leaf blades 2–3.5 cm, not usually drying dark. Inflorescences often pilose. Flowers 12 mm diam.; styles 3–5.


Phenology: Flowering Apr; fruiting Sep–Oct.
Habitat: Habitat not recorded, probably brush
Elevation: 10–200 m

Discussion

Variety mohrii is recorded with certainty only east of the Mississippi River; it is perhaps very rare. In the co-type, Beadle 236A, the inflorescences may be glabrous or pilose The relatively small, short leaves, small flowers, 3–5 styles, and broadly elliptic to suborbiculate extension-shoot leaves clearly mark var. mohrii as a member of the reverchonii group. Variety mohrii is notable for its strongly and sharply serrate leaf margins.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.