Chaenomeles lagenaria (Loisel.) Koidz., Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 23: 173 (1909) (syn: Chaenomeles angustifolia Koidz.; Chaenomeles citripomma Carrière; Chaenomeles eugenioides Koidz.; Chaenomeles speciosa (Sweet) Nakai; Cydonia citripomma (Carrière) Mottet; Cydonia japonica var. lagenaria (Loisel.) Makino; Cydonia lagenaria Loisel.; Cydonia speciosa Sweet; Cydonia umbato M.Roem.; Pyrus speciosa (Sweet) M.F.Fay & Christenh.); Native to: China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Tibet, Xinjiang; Introduced into: Alabama, Baltic States, Belarus, Connecticut, District of Columbia, East Himalaya, France, Germany, Great Britain, Illinois, Italy, Japan, Kentucky, Korea, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mexico Southeast, Missouri, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Switzerland, Tennessee, Ukraine, West Virginia, Wisconsin as per POWO; China (Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hubei, Jiangsu, Shaanxi, Sichuan,
Yunnan), Tibet, Korea (I), Japan (I), Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin), Bhutan (I),
Mexico (I), Bolivia (c), USA (I) (Connecticut (I), District of Columbia (I),
Kentucky (I), Louisiana (I), Massachusetts (I), Missouri (I), North Carolina
(I), New York (I), Ohio (I), Pennsylvania (I), Tennessee (I), Virginia (I),
Wisconsin (I)), England (I), France (I?), Hungary (c), Poland (c), Ukraine (c),
Slovakia (I) as per Catalogue of Life;
Is this shrub, also found in India? Please help me to resolve this ID, what is this Chaenomeles sp.? Date: 26 March 2011 Location: a garden in Cambridge University, UK p.s.:Chaenomeles speciosa has been reported from Kodaikanal, TN. to me they look like the flowers of the peach tree both are from same Family Chaenomeles speciosa 'Madame Butterfly'
References:
POWO Catalogue of Life (Chaenomeles speciosa (Sweet) Nakai ) The Plant List Ver.1.1 GBIF (High resolution specimens) Flora of peninsular India India Biodiversity Portal Wikipedia |
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