Crataegus pedicellata
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Crataegus pedicellata is a name for a species of Hawthorn
that has been shown to be the same as C. coccinea
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, common name "Scarlet Hawthorn". Under the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, the older name (C. coccinea) should be used. Considerable confusion persists, however, because the name C. coccinea has been misapplied for a long time.
Crataegus
Crataegus , commonly called hawthorn or thornapple, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe, Asia and North America. The name hawthorn was originally applied to the species native to northern Europe,...
that has been shown to be the same as C. coccinea
Crataegus coccinea
Crataegus coccinea is a species of Hawthorn around which there is considerable confusion because the name has been misapplied for a long time. It has been shown to be the same as C. pedicellata, and under the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, that older name Crataegus coccinea (common...
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Carolus Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...
, common name "Scarlet Hawthorn". Under the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, the older name (C. coccinea) should be used. Considerable confusion persists, however, because the name C. coccinea has been misapplied for a long time.