- Family:
- Rosaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Crataegus L.
Crataegus crus-galli L.

Native to:
Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northeast, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Québec, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
Extinct in:
Italy
Introduced into:
Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Uzbekistan
- Crataegus acutifolia var. insignis (Sarg.) E.J.Palmer
- Crataegus algens Beadle
- Crataegus alpestris K.Koch
- Crataegus angustifolia (Ehrh.) Borkh.
- Crataegus arborea Beadle
- Crataegus arborea var. ohioensis (Sarg.) Kruschke
- Crataegus barrettiana Sarg.
- Crataegus bellica Sarg.
- Crataegus bosciana (Spach) M.Roem.
- Crataegus bushii Sarg.
- Crataegus canbyi Sarg.
- Crataegus cherokeensis Sarg.
- Crataegus cocksii Sarg.
- Crataegus coursetiana M.Roem.
- Crataegus crus-galli var. attenuata (Ashe) Farw.
- Crataegus crus-galli var. barrettiana (Sarg.) E.J.Palmer
- Crataegus crus-galli var. bellica (Sarg.) E.J.Palmer
- Crataegus crus-galli var. berberifolia Sarg.
- Crataegus crus-galli var. capillata Sarg.
- Crataegus crus-galli var. danielsii (E.J.Palmer) Rickett
- Crataegus crus-galli var. exigua (Sarg.) Eggl.
- Crataegus crus-galli var. leptophylla (Sarg.) E.J.Palmer
- Crataegus crus-galli var. linearis (Desf.) DC.
- Crataegus crus-galli var. macra (Beadle) E.J.Palmer
- Crataegus crus-galli var. nana (Dum.Cours.) DC.
- Crataegus crus-galli var. oblongata Sarg.
- Crataegus crus-galli f. oblongata (Sarg.) E.J.Palmer
- Crataegus crus-galli var. pachyphylla (Sarg.) E.J.Palmer
- Crataegus crus-galli var. pyracanthifolia Aiton
- Crataegus crus-galli var. regalis (Beadle) J.B.Phipps
- Crataegus crus-galli var. rubens Sarg.
- Crataegus crus-galli f. rubens (Sarg.) E.J.Palmer
- Crataegus crus-galli var. salicifolia (Medik.) Aiton
- Crataegus crus-galli f. spinulosa Rickett
- Crataegus crus-galli var. splendens Aiton
- Crataegus crus-galli f. staminea Rickett
- Crataegus crus-galli f. truncata (Sarg.) E.J.Palmer
- Crataegus crus-galli f. vulgaris Rickett
- Crataegus cuneiformis (Marshall) Eggl.
- Crataegus danielsii E.J.Palmer
- Crataegus danielsii f. glabra E.J.Palmer
- Crataegus denaria Beadle
- Crataegus exigua Sarg.
- Crataegus hannibalensis E.J.Palmer
- Crataegus helvina Ashe
- Crataegus insignis Sarg.
- Crataegus laurifolia Medik.
- Crataegus leptophylla Sarg.
- Crataegus limnophila Sarg.
- Crataegus linearis Pers.
- Crataegus livoniana Sarg.
- Crataegus lucida Mill.
- Crataegus macra Beadle
- Crataegus ohioensis Sarg.
- Crataegus operta Ashe
- Crataegus ovalifolia (Hornem.) DC.
- Crataegus pachyphylla Sarg.
- Crataegus paradoxa Sarg.
- Crataegus permixta E.J.Palmer
- Crataegus persistens Sarg.
- Crataegus prunellifolia Bosc ex DC.
- Crataegus punctata var. tenax (Ashe) Farw.
- Crataegus pyracanthoides (Aiton) Beadle
- Crataegus pyracanthoides var. arborea (Beadle) E.J.Palmer
- Crataegus pyracanthoides var. limnophila (Sarg.) E.J.Palmer
- Crataegus regalis Beadle
- Crataegus regalis var. paradoxa (Sarg.) E.J.Palmer
- Crataegus sabineana Ashe
- Crataegus salicifolia Medik.
- Crataegus signata Beadle
- Crataegus sublobulata Sarg.
- Crataegus subpilosa Sarg.
- Crataegus tantula Sarg.
- Crataegus tenax Ashe
- Crataegus triumphalis Sarg.
- Crataegus truncata Sarg.
- Crataegus uniqua Sarg.
- Crataegus vallicola Sarg.
- Crataegus viridis Medik.
- Crataegus watsoniana (Spach) Steud.
- Crataegus wilkinsonii Ashe
- Mespilus badiata Bosc
- Mespilus bosciana Spach
- Mespilus crus-galli (L.) Du Roi
- Mespilus crus-galli var. linearis Wenz.
- Mespilus crus-galli var. lucida (Mill.) Castigl.
- Mespilus crus-galli var. salicifolia (Medik.) Wenz.
- Mespilus cuneiformis Marshall
- Mespilus cunifolia Moench
- Mespilus linearis Desf.
- Mespilus lucida Ehrh.
- Mespilus lucida subsp. angustifolia Ehrh.
- Mespilus maxima Dum.Cours.
- Mespilus nana Dum.Cours.
- Mespilus ovalifolia Hornem.
- Mespilus poiretiana Sweet
- Mespilus prunellifolia Bosc ex Poir.
- Mespilus salicifolia K.Koch
- Mespilus watsoniana Spach
- Oxyacantha crus-galli (L.) Nieuwl.
- English
- Cockspur Thorn
Crataegus crus-galli L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Ehrhart [56] | K000758705 | Yes | |||
Goodenough [s.n.] | K000758706 | Yes | |||
Canby, W.M. [s.n.], Delaware | K000758709 | Yes | |||
Goodenough [s.n.] | K000758711 | Yes | |||
Canby, W.M. [s.n.], Delaware | K000758710 | Yes | |||
Bush, B.F. [6], Missouri | K000758742 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Canby, W.M. [48], Delaware | K000758707 | Yes | |||
Canby, W.M. [49], Delaware | K000758725 | Yes | |||
Schweinitz [s.n.] | K000758704 | Yes | |||
Ehrhart [66], USA | K000758708 | Yes | |||
Bush, B.F. [6], Missouri | K000758743 | Yes | |||
Dunbar, J. [s.n.], New York | K000758732 | Yes | |||
Bush, B.F. [6], Missouri | K000758741 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Canby, W.M. [s.n.], Delaware | Crataegus vallicola | K000758919 | Yes | ||
Canby, W.M. [s.n.], Delaware | Crataegus canbyi | K000758702 | Yes | ||
Bush, B.F. [125], Arkansas | Crataegus bushii | K000758701 | Yes | ||
Bush, B.F. [1368], Arkansas | Crataegus bushii | K000758700 | Yes |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 476 (1753)
Accepted by
- Bailey, C. & al. (2015). Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee: 1-813. University of Tennessee press.
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2014). Flora of North America North of Mexico 9: 1-713. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
- Korovin, E.P. & Vvedensky, A.I. (eds.) (1955). Flora Uzbekistana 3: 1-824. Izd-va Akademii nauk Uzbekskoi SSR, Tashkent.
- Kral, R., Diamond, A.R., Ginzbarg, S.L., Hansen, C.J., Haynes, R.R., Keener, B.R., Lelong, M.G., Spaulding, D.D. & Woods, M. (2011). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Alabama: 1-112. Botanical reseach institute of Texas.
- Kurtto, A., Sennikov, A.N. & Lampinen, R. (2013). Atlas Florae Europaeae. Distribution of vascular plants in Europe 16: 1-168.
- Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
- Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Bailey, C. & al. (2015). Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee: 1-813. University of Tennessee press.
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2014). Flora of North America North of Mexico 9: 1-713. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
- Korovin, E.P. & Vvedensky, A.I. (eds.) (1955). Flora Uzbekistana 3: 1-824. Izd-va Akademii nauk Uzbekskoi SSR, Tashkent.
- Kral, R., Diamond, A.R., Ginzbarg, S.L., Hansen, C.J., Haynes, R.R., Keener, B.R., Lelong, M.G., Spaulding, D.D. & Woods, M. (2011). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Alabama: 1-112. Botanical reseach institute of Texas.
- Kurtto, A., Sennikov, A.N. & Lampinen, R. (2013). Atlas Florae Europaeae. Distribution of vascular plants in Europe 16: 1-168.
- Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
- Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
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