Malus × heterophylla
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Credits
Julian Sutton (species), Nick Dunn (cultivars) (2021)
Recommended citation
Sutton, J. & Dunn, N. (2021), 'Malus × heterophylla' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Genus
Other taxa in genus
- Malus × adstringens
- Malus angustifolia
- Malus × arnoldiana
- Malus asiatica
- Malus × astracanica
- Malus × atrosanguinea
- Malus baccata
- Malus bhutanica
- Malus × brevipes
- Malus chitralensis
- Malus coronaria
- Malus crescimannoi
- Malus Cultivars A-B
- Malus Cultivars C
- Malus Cultivars D-F
- Malus Cultivars G-I
- Malus Cultivars J-K
- Malus Cultivars L-M
- Malus Cultivars N-Q
- Malus Cultivars R
- Malus Cultivars S
- Malus Cultivars T-Z
- Malus dasyphylla
- Malus × dawsoniana
- Malus domestica
- Malus doumeri
- Malus florentina
- Malus × floribunda
- Malus fusca
- Malus × gloriosa
- Malus halliana
- Malus × hartwigii
- Malus honanensis
- Malus hupehensis
- Malus ioensis
- Malus kansuensis
- Malus kirghisorum
- Malus komarovii
- Malus × magdeburgensis
- Malus × micromalus
- Malus × moerlandsii
- Malus montana
- Malus ombrophila
- Malus orientalis
- Malus × platycarpa
- Malus praecox
- Malus prattii
- Malus prunifolia
- Malus × purpurea
- Malus × robusta
- Malus rockii
- Malus Rootstock Cultivars
- Malus Rosybloom Cultivars
- Malus × scheideckeri
- Malus sieversii
- Malus sikkimensis
- Malus × soulardii
- Malus spectabilis
- Malus spontanea
- Malus × sublobata
- Malus sylvestris
- Malus toringo
- Malus transitoria
- Malus trilobata
- Malus tschonoskii
- Malus turkmenorum
- Malus vernalis
- Malus yunnanensis
- Malus × zumi
An old, confused name, included only because it is still sometimes seen in books and other listings. Spach (1834) quite carefully described a tree of unknown origin grown in French gardens, suggesting that it resembled what might be expected of a hybrid between an orchard apple and an American species, strongly disagreeing with others’ opinion that it was a variety of M. sempervirens (a synonym of M. angustifolia), and commenting on its pale pink, highly fragrant flowers. Jacobson (1996) equates it with Rehder’s better-defined M. × platycarpa (q.v.). Fiala (1994) maintains the name for hybrids between M. coronaria and M. domestica, since he interprets M. × platycarpa as a variety of M. coronaria. However, Plants of the World Online (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 2020) lists it as a synonym of the Mediterranean Pyrus spinosa, although Spach’s description really does not suggest that species. The name is best left to sink into obscurity.