Chaenomeles speciosa (Sweet) Nakai, 1929

Common names

• 🇬🇧 Chinese Quince
• 🇫🇷 Cognassier du Japon remarquable, Chénomèle remarquable, Cognassier du Japon à fleurs

Taxonomy

• Kingdom: Plantae
• Clade: Tracheophytes
• Clade: Angiosperms
• Clade: Eudicots
• Clade: Superrosids
• Clade: Rosids
• Clade: Fabids
• Order: Rosales
• Family: Rosaceae
• Subfamily: Amygdaloideae
• Tribe: Pyreae
• Subtribe: Pyrinae
• Genus: Chaenomeles
• Species: Chaenomeles speciosa

Presence

Introduced, not established.

Notes

Possible confusion with C. japonica (Thunb.) Lindl. ex Spach, 1834, whose terminal branches have rough bark, while those of C. speciosa have smooth bark.

Hybridizes with C. japonica (Thunb.) Lindl. ex Spach, 1834 to produce C. × superba (Frahm) Rehder, 1920, M.

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