| Malus trilobata | |
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Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Malus |
| Species: | M. trilobata
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| Binomial name | |
| Malus trilobata | |
Malus trilobata, the Lebanese wild apple, erect crab apple or three-lobed apple tree, is a species in the family Rosaceae in the genus Malus. [2] Some authorities place it in the segregate genus Eriolobus, as E. trilobatus.
Description
M. trilobata has an upright habit with horizontal branching and a mature size of 15 metres (49 feet) height by 7 m (23 ft) width. [3]
The leaves are maple-like and deeply three-lobed. They turn from orange to red to deep purple in the fall. [2]
The tree blooms during April and May producing white flowers and yellow fruits.[ citation needed]
Distribution
The species' distribution in Asia includes West and South Anatolia, Syria, Lebanon and North Israel, while in Europe its distribution encompasses the east section of Greek Thrace ( Evros Prefecture) and southeastern Bulgaria. [4]
Surviving trees in Lebanon can be found in the Mount Lebanon Range, at altitudes of 1,000–1,500 m (3,300–4,900 ft). [2] The last remaining protected forest community of the endemic wild apple in the country is in the Horsh Ehden nature reserve and the Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve.[ citation needed]
References
- ^ Wilson, B.; Stephan, J. (2018). "Malus trilobata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T172203A64116219. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T172203A64116219.en. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ a b c "HortScience; October 2008; vol. 43 no. 6". Archived from the original on 2014-01-10. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
- ^ PFAF Plant Database: Malus trilobata
- ^ Korakis, Giorgos; Poirazidis, Kostas; Papamattheakis, Nikolaos; Papageorgiou, Aristotelis (2006). "New localities of the vulnerable species Eriolobus trilobatus (Rosaceae) in northeastern Greece" (PDF). Plant, Fungal and Habitat Diversity Investigation and Conservation • Proceedings of IV BBC – Sofia 2006: 422–426. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-08. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
Further reading
- "Les Principaux Arbres du Liban"; La Fascicule des Essences Forestieres du Liban. Projet d'assistance a la protection de la couverture vegetale au Liban (Ministry of Agriculture and European Union); 1999.
- Zahreddine, H.G.; Barker, D.J.; Quigley, M.F.; Sleem, K.; Struve, D.K. (2007). "Patterns of woody plant species diversity in Lebanon as affected by climatic and soil properties" (PDF). Lebanese Science Journal. 8 (2): 21–44.
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