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|accepted_name=Crataegus mendosa
|accepted_authority=Beadle
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Biltmore Bot. Stud.
|place=1: 65. 1902
|year=1902
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Rosaceae;Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae;Rosaceae tribe Gillenieae;Crataegus;Crataegus sect. Coccineae;Crataegus (sect. Coccineae) ser. Pulcherrimae;Crataegus mendosa
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Rosaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Rosaceae tribe Gillenieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Crataegus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Crataegus sect. Coccineae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>series</small>[[Crataegus (sect. Coccineae) ser. Pulcherrimae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Crataegus mendosa]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 9
|mention_page=page 580, 581
|treatment_page=page 582
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, 30–60 dm. <b>Stems</b>: trunk bark not recorded; twigs: new growth reddish green, 1-year old shiny reddish or purplish brown, older dark or dull gray; thorns on twigs absent or few to numerous, straight or slightly recurved, 1-year old reddish black, 2-years old blackish, fine, 2–5 cm. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole length 30–50% blade, sparsely glandular; blade adaxially dark green, broadly oblong to elliptic or narrowly ovate, 4–7 cm, base cuneate, lobes 0 or 1–3, obscure, max LII 10%, margins crenate or crenate-serrate, veins 8 or 9 per side (fewer on smaller leaves), apex subacute (obtuse on some larger leaves), abaxial midvein sparsely hairy young. <b>Inflorescences</b> 4–7-flowered; branches glabrous; bracteoles caducous, dense, narrow, semiherbaceous (and green) to membranous, margins glandular. <b>Flowers</b> 14–17 mm diam.; sepals triangular, much shorter than petals, margins glandular-denticulate; anthers pink or pink-purple; styles 3–5. <b>Pomes</b> yellow-green with pink or salmon blush, or red, suborbicular to broadly ellipsoid, 8–10 mm diam.; sepals reflexed; pyrenes 3–5.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–Apr; fruiting Sep–Nov.
|habitat=Woodland edges, cut-over woodlands, brush
|elevation=20–200 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;S.C.;Tex.
|discussion=<p><i>Crataegus mendosa</i> is scattered from southeastern Texas to western Georgia and northern Florida with a disjunct record in South Carolina. The species is one of the more distinctive members of the series, although it may be approached in form by <i>C. gilva</i>, which has an acuminate leaf apex, much sharper lobes (when present), and marginal teeth. The extension-shoot leaves of <i>C. mendosa</i> are ovate to broadly ovate, usually quite wide, with 3–4 subacute to acute lobes, which can be confusing if only few typical short-shoot leaves are present.</p><!--
--><p>Plants from Sardis, Alabama, with similarities to <i>Crataegus mendosa</i>, <i>C. opima</i>, and <i>C. pulcherrima</i>, may key out here; they have leaf blades to 8 cm with shallow (LII 10–15%) sinuses and blunt to subacute lobe apices.</p>
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name=Crataegus mendosa
|author=
|authority=Beadle
|rank=species
|parent rank=series
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Rosaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–Apr; fruiting Sep–Nov.
|habitat=Woodland edges, cut-over woodlands, brush
|elevation=20–200 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;S.C.;Tex.
|reference=None
|publication title=Biltmore Bot. Stud.
|publication year=1902
|special status=Endemic;Selected by author to be illustrated
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|subfamily=Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae
|tribe=Rosaceae tribe Gillenieae
|genus=Crataegus
|section=Crataegus sect. Coccineae
|series=Crataegus (sect. Coccineae) ser. Pulcherrimae
|species=Crataegus mendosa
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