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Crataegus ambigua is a species of thorn (hawthorn) native to Western Asia and Eastern Europe, including Armenia, Iran, Russia, and Turkey.[2] It grows as a shrub or tree up to about 12 m in height.[2] The fruit is dark red to purple or black, with one or two stones (pyrenes).[2]
Crataegus ambigua is closely related to Crataegus songarica,[2] a species that has black fruit.
References
- ^ Participants of the FFI/IUCN SSC Central Asian regional tree Red Listing workshop, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (11-13 July 2006) (2007). "Crataegus ambigua". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63506A12683423. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63506A12683423.en. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c d Christensen, K.I. (1992). Revision of Crataegus sect. Crataegus and nothosect. Crataeguineae (Rosaceae-Maloideae) in the Old World. Systematic Botany Monographs. 35: 1–199.
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