Malus praecox Borkh. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Malus praecox Borkh.

Synonym of Malus pumila Mill.

Summary

Genus:

Malus

Section:

Malus

Family:

Rosaceae

Subfamily:

Amygdaloideae

Tribe:

Maleae

Subtribe:

Malinae

Nomen number:

409175

Place of publication:

Theor. prakt. Handb. Forstbot. 2:1271. 1803

Comment:

an illegitimate, superfluous name (Melbourne ICN Art. 52)
originally based on Pyrus praecox Pall., nom. supfl.

Verified:

12/30/2005 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

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Reference(s)

Czerepanov, S. K. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR). 1995
Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964
Ponomarenko, V. V. 1977. On the specific composition of wild growing apple trees in the USSR and centers of their genetic diversity. Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 62(6):824.
Ponomarenko, V. V. 1985. Present-day concept on Malus praecox (Pall.) Borkh. Nauchno-Tekhn. Byull. Vsesoyuzn. Ordena Lenina Ordena Druzhby Narodov Nauchno-Issl. Inst. Rasteniev. N. I. Vavilova 147:79-83.
Rehder, A. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs. 1949
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980

Common names

Distribution

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=409175. Accessed 10 August 2025.