?Malus - Apples and Crabapples
Malus sargentii flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Rosales Family: Rosaceae Subfamily: Maloideae Genus: Malus Tourn. ex L.
Species
Malus angustifolia - Southern Crab Malus baccata - Siberian Crabapple Malus bracteata Malus brevipes Malus coronaria - Sweet Crabapple Malus domestica - Apple Malus florentina Malus floribunda - Japanese Crabapple Malus formosana Malus fusca - Oregon Crab, Pacific Crab Malus glabrata Malus glaucescens Malus halliana Malus honanensis Malus hupehensis - Chinese Crabapple Malus ioensis - Prairie Crab Malus kansuensis Malus lancifolia Malus prattii Malus prunifolia Malus pumila Malus rockii Malus sargentii Malus sieboldii Malus sieversii - Asian Wild Apple Malus sikkimensis Malus spectabilis Malus sublobata Malus sylvestris - European Wild Apple Malus toringoides Malus transitoria Malus trilobata Malus tschonoskii Malus yunnanensis Image File history File links Malus_toringo_sargentii0. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Green algae Chlorophyta Charophyta Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) †Rhyniophyta - rhyniophytes †Zosterophyllophyta - zosterophylls Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses †Trimerophytophyta - trimerophytes Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are the dominant and most familiar group of land plants. ... Orders See text. ... Families Barbeyaceae Cannabaceae (hemp family) Dirachmaceae Elaeagnaceae Moraceae (mulberry family) Rosaceae (rose family) Rhamnaceae (buckthorn family) Ulmaceae (elm family) Urticaceae (nettle family) For the Philippine municipality, see Rosales, Pangasinan. ... Subfamilies Rosoideae Spiraeoideae Maloideae Amygdaloideae or Prunoideae The Rosaceae or rose family is a large family of plants, with about 3,000-4,000 species in 100-120 genera. ... Genera Amelanchier - serviceberry, juneberry Aronia - chokeberry Chaenomeles - Japanese quince Cotoneaster - cotoneaster Crataegus - hawthorn Cydonia - quince Eriobotrya - loquat Eriolobus (Malus pro parte) Heteromeles - Toyon Malus - apple, crabapple Mespilus - medlar Osteomeles Photinia Pyracantha - firethorn Pyrus - pear Rhaphiolepis - Indian hawthorn Sorbus - rowan, whitebeam, service tree Stranvaesia - (Photinia pro parte) The Maloideae, or the... Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (June 5, 1656 – December 28, 1708) was a French botanist. ... Carolus Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as , (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist[1] who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of nomenclature. ... Binomial name Malus domestica Borkh. ... Alma, or malus sieversii, is a plant seemingly native to the area around Kazakhstan which is thought to be the primary modern ancestor of the apple tree. ...

Malus, the apples, is a genus of about 30-35 species of small deciduous trees or shrubs in the family Rosaceae, including the domesticated Orchard or Table Apple (M. domestica, derived from M. sieversii, syn. M. pumila). The other species are generally known as "wild apples", "crab apples", "crabapples" or "crabs", this name being derived from their small and tart fruit. Many consider these apples unpalatable, but others enjoy eating them raw or using them for cooking or juicing. The genus is native to the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere, in Europe, Asia and North America. Deciduous means temporary or tending to fall off (deriving from the Latin word decidere, to fall off). ... The coniferous Coast Redwood, the tallest tree species on earth. ... A broom shrub in flower A shrub or bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 6 m tall. ... Subfamilies Rosoideae Spiraeoideae Maloideae Amygdaloideae or Prunoideae The Rosaceae or rose family is a large family of plants, with about 3,000-4,000 species in 100-120 genera. ... Binomial name Malus domestica Borkh. ... Fruit stall in Barcelona, Spain. ... In geography, temperate latitudes of the globe lie between the tropics and the polar circles. ... Insert non-formatted text here The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planets surface (or celestial sphere) that is north of the equator (the word hemisphere literally means half ball). On the Earth, the Northern Hemisphere contains most of the land and population. ... European redirects here. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ...

Malus sikkimensis fruit

Apple trees are small, typically 4-12 m tall at maturity, with a dense, twiggy crown. The leaves are 3-10 cm long, alternate, simple, with a serrated margin. The flowers are borne in corymbs, and have five petals, which may be white, pink or red, and are perfect, with usually red stamens that produce copious pollen, and an inferior ovary; flowering occurs in the spring after 50-80 growing degree days. Apples require cross-pollination between individuals by insects (typically bees, which freely visit the flowers for both nectar and pollen); all are self-sterile, and self-pollination is impossible making pollinating insects essential. The honeybee is the most effective pollinator of apples. Malus species, including domestic apples, hybridise freely. Malus species are used as food plants by the larvae of a large number of Lepidoptera species; see list of Lepidoptera which feed on Malus. Image File history File links Malus_sikkimensis0. ... Image File history File links Malus_sikkimensis0. ... The leaves of a Beech tree A leaf with laminar structure and pinnate venation In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. ... For other articles with similar names, see Flower (disambiguation). ... White-fruited Rowan (Sorbus glabrescens) corymb; note the branched structure A panicle is a compound raceme; a branched, indeterminate inflorescence with pedicellate flowers (and fruit) attached along the secondary branches (in another words, a branched cluster of flowers in which the branches are racemes). ... It has been suggested that Corolla be merged into this article or section. ... Plant sexuality deals with the wide variety of sexual reproduction systems found across the plant kingdom. ... SEM image of pollen grains from a variety of common plants: sunflower (Helianthus annuus), morning glory (Ipomoea purpurea), hollyhock (Sidalcea malviflora), lily (Lilium auratum), primrose (Oenothera fruticosa), and castor bean (Ricinus communis). ... Growing degree days (GDD) are a heuristic tool in phenology. ... Classes & Orders See taxonomy Insects are invertebrate animals of the Class Insecta, the largest and (on land) most widely-distributed taxon within the phylum Arthropoda. ... Families Andrenidae Apidae Colletidae Halictidae Megachilidae Melittidae Stenotritidae Bee collecting pollen Bees (a monophyletic lineage within the superfamily Apoidea, presently classified by the unranked taxon name Anthophila) are flying insects, closely related to wasps and ants. ... In Greek mythology, nectar and ambrosia are the food of the gods. ... SEM image of pollen grains from a variety of common plants: sunflower (Helianthus annuus), morning glory (Ipomoea purpurea), hollyhock (Sidalcea malviflora), lily (Lilium auratum), primrose (Oenothera fruticosa), and castor bean (Ricinus communis). ... Species Apis andreniformis Apis cerana, or eastern honey bee Apis dorsata, or giant honey bee Apis florea Apis koschevnikovi Apis laboriosa Apis mellifera, or western honey bee Apis nigrocincta Apis nuluensis Honey bees are a subset of bees which represent a far smaller fraction of bee diversity than most people... // In biology, hybrid has two meanings. ... A larva (Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of animal with indirect development, undergoing metamorphosis (for example, insects or amphibians). ... Super Families Butterflies Hesperioidea Papilionoidea Moths Micropterigoidea Heterobathmioidea Eriocranioidea Acanthopteroctetoidea Lophocoronoidea Neopseustoidea Mnesarchaeoidea Hepialoidea Nepticuloidea Incurvarioidea Palaephatoidea Tischeriodea Simaethistoidea Tineoidea Gracillarioidea Yponomeutoidea Gelechioidea Zygaenoidea Sesioidea Cossoidea Tortricoidea Choreutoida Urodoidea Galacticoidea Schreckensteinioidea Epermenioidea Pterophoroidea Aluctoidea Immoidea Axioidea Hyblaeoidea Thyridoidea Whalleyanoidea Pyraloidea Mimallonoidea Lasiocampoidea Geometroidea Drepanoidea Bombycoidea Calliduloidae Hedyloidea Noctuoidea Families About... Apples (Malus spp) are used as food plants by the larvae of a large number of Lepidoptera species including: Autumnal Moth (Epirrita autumnata) Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata) Brown-tail (Euproctis chrysorrhoea) Cabbage Moth (Mamestra brassicae) Common Emerald (Hemithea aestivaria) Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) Coxcomb Prominent (Ptilodon capucina) Dotted Border (Agriopis...

Crabapple fruit are mostly red, but some, such as this cultivar 'Golden Hornet', are yellow

The fruit is a globose pome, varying in size from 1-4 cm diameter in most of the wild species, to 6 cm in M. pumila, 8 cm in M. sieversii, and even larger in cultivated orchard apples. The centre of the fruit contains five carpels arranged star-like, each containing one to two (rarely three) seeds. Crabapple fruit - photo MPF File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Crabapple fruit - photo MPF File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Fruit stall in Barcelona, Spain. ... An apple is an example of a pome fruit. ... Amaryllis style and stigmas A carpel is the female reproductive organ of a flower; the basic unit of the gynoecium. ... A ripe red jalapeno cut open to show the seeds For other uses, see Seed (disambiguation). ...

One species, Malus trilobata from southwest Asia, has three- to seven- lobed leaves (superficially resembling a maple leaf) and with several structural differences in the fruit; it is often treated in a genus of its own, as Eriolobus trilobatus.
World map showing the location of Asia. ... Range of Maples Species See List of Acer species Maples are trees or shrubs of the genus Acer. ...

Uses

Ripe crabapple fruit

For Malus domestica, see Apple. The fruit of the other species is not an important crop, being extremely sour and (in some species) woody, and is rarely eaten raw for this reason. However, crabapples are extra rich in pectin, and their juice can be made into a ruby-coloured jelly with a full, spicy flavour^[1]. A small percentage of crab apples in cider makes a more interesting flavour. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1228x1000, 394 KB) Attribution: Photo by John Severns A cluster of ripe crab apple fruits, taken at the Lauritzen Botanical Gardens in Omaha. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1228x1000, 394 KB) Attribution: Photo by John Severns A cluster of ripe crab apple fruits, taken at the Lauritzen Botanical Gardens in Omaha. ... Binomial name Malus domestica Borkh. ... Pectin is a heterosaccharide derived from the cell wall of plants. ... Look up jelly in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Cider in a pint glass Cider, known in the U.S. as hard cider, is an alcoholic drink made from crushed and then fermented apples. ...

Crabapples are widely grown as ornamental trees, grown for their beautiful flowers or fruit, with numerous cultivars selected for these qualities and for resistance to disease. This Osteospermum Pink Whirls is a successful cultivar. ...

Some crab apples are used as rootstocks for domestic apples to add beneficial characteristics. For example, Siberian crab rootstock is often used to give additional cold hardiness to the combined plant for orchards in cold northern areas.

They are also used as pollenizers in apple orchards. Varieties of crab apple are selected to bloom contemporaneously with the apple variety in an orchard planting, and the crabs are planted every sixth or seventh tree, or limbs of crab are grafted onto some of the apple trees. In emergencies a bucket or drum bouquet of crab apple flowering branches are placed near the beehives as orchard pollenizers. See also Fruit tree pollination. The words pollenizer (polleniser) and pollinator are often confused. ... A community apple orchard originally planted for productive use during the 1920s, in Westcliff on Sea (Essex, England) An orchard is an intentional planting of trees or shrubs maintained for food production. ... Apple pollination Apples are self incompatible and must be cross pollinated. ...

References

• Germplasm Resources Information Network: Malus
• Flora of China: Malus
• Virginia Cooperative Extension - Disease resistant crabapples
• Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food - Crabapple pollenizers for apples

1. ^ Rombauer, I., Becker, M. R., & Becker, E. [2002]. All About Canning & Preserving (The Joy of Cooking series). New York: Scribner, p. 72. ISBN 0743215028.

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