Malus prattii

{{Short description|Species of apple tree}}

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| image = Malus prattii - Botanischer Garten München-Nymphenburg - DSC07575.JPG

| taxon = Malus prattii

| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| authority = (Hemsl.) C.K.Schneid.

| synonyms = {{species list |Docyniopsis prattii|(Hemsl.) Koidz.

|Prameles prattii|(Hemsl.) Rushforth

|Pyrus prattii|Hemsl.

|Malus prattii var. glabrata|G.Z.Qian}}

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Malus prattii (Pratt's crabapple, 西蜀海棠 xi shu hai tang) is a species of crabapple in the family Rosaceae.{{cite web |url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77066446-1 |title= Malus prattii (Hemsl.) C.K.Schneid. |author= |date=n.d. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=November 22, 2024}}{{cite web |url= https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/3XQXF |title= Malus prattii (Hemsl.) C.K.Schneid. |author= |date=n.d. |website=Catalogue of Life |publisher=Species 2000 |access-date=November 22, 2024}} It is endemic to China, being indigenous to Guangdong, Guizhou, west Sichuan, and northwest Yunnan provinces.

It grows to {{Convert|10|m}} in height, with flowers {{Convert|1.5–2|cm|frac=4}} in diameter.

References

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  • Pyrus prattii Hemsley, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 16. 1895.
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences. (1959). Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
  • Zhou, Z.-Q. (1999). "The apple genetic resources in China: the wild species and their distributions, informative characterists and utilisation", Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 46:600.
  • [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200010911 eFloras entry]
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