Lindleya

{{Short description|Genus of trees}}

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|image = Lindleya mespiloides.png

|image_caption = Lindleya mespiloides
Illustration by Pierre Jean François Turpin
from Kunth, Bonpland, and Humboldt's Nova genera et species plantarum (1815–1825)

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|genus = Lindleya

|parent_authority = Knuth

|species = mespiloides

|authority = Kunth

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Lindleya is a genus of Mexican evergreen trees of the family Rosaceae, tribe Maleae.{{citation |title=Gen. Lindleya Kunth |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture|url=https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=6865 |access-date=2024-01-02 }} The sole species, Lindleya mespiloides, grows to a height of {{convert|6|m|ft}} and bears solitary white fragrant flowers in summer. The fruit are dry dehiscent capsules.{{cite journal|author1=Evans, R.C. |author2=Campbell, C.S. |year=2002|title=The origin of the apple subfamily (Rosaceae: Maloideae) is clarified by DNA sequence data from duplicated GBSSI Genes|journal=American Journal of Botany|volume=89|issue=9|pages=1478–1484|url=http://biology.umaine.edu/Amelanchier/Origin%20of%20Maloideae.pdf|doi=10.3732/ajb.89.9.1478|pmid=21665749}}