Malus Mill.

First published in Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. 2: (1754)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. Northern Hemisphere to N. Indo-China.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Altay, Amur, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Louisiana, Manchuria, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Sicilia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Xinjiang

Introduced into:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Azores, Baleares, Belarus, Colorado, Connecticut, Cyprus, Ecuador, Falkland Is., Iraq, Krym, Madeira, Maine, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New South Wales, Newfoundland, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward I., Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Tasmania, Utah, Vermont, Victoria, Wyoming

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2018). https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/7627191. epublication.
  • (2022). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.853.2019. epublication.
  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.
  • Stalažs, A. (2024). List of vascular plants of Latvia (with Latvian names): 1-312. Dobele.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Tedd, H.G. [826] K004256644 Yes
United Kingdom K:SPC-65652.000 No
K:SPC-25781.000 No
K:SPC-18834.000 No
United Kingdom K:SPC-65658.000 No
United Kingdom K:SPC-66758.000 No
United Kingdom K:SPC-65659.000 No
Sendtner [920] Bosnia and Herzegovina K004256640 Yes
United Kingdom K:SPC-65687.000 No
United Kingdom K:SPC-65900.000 No
K:SPC-65721.000 No
United Kingdom K:SPC-65673.000 No
United Kingdom K:SPC-65657.000 No
United Kingdom K:SPC-65666.000 No
United Kingdom K:SPC-65662.000 No
Japan K:SPC-70000.292 No
Japan K:SPC-80079.000 No
Tedd, H.G. [1458] K004256643 Yes
Maximowicz [143] K000758414 Unknown Type Material Yes
Japan K:SPC-70000.295 No
United Kingdom K:SPC-65653.000 No
United Kingdom K:SPC-65668.000 No
Maximowicz [s.n.] K000758415 Unknown Type Material Yes
Maximowicz [s.n.] K000758416 Unknown Type Material Yes
United Kingdom K:SPC-65663.000 No
K:SPC-25835.000 No
K:SPC-16485.000 No
United Kingdom K:SPC-65654.000 No
K:SPC-37498.000 No

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection
  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images