Crataegus lancei

J. B. Phipps

J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 2: 1143, fig. 30 [top]. 2008.

Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 9. Treatment on page 631. Mentioned on page 620, 632.

Shrubs or trees, 50–80 dm, branches ± weeping. Stems: twigs: new growth densely pubescent to tomentose, 1-year old purple-brown to blackish, older dark gray; thorns on twigs absent or numerous, ± straight, 1-year old purple-brown to blackish, slender, 3–4 cm. Leaves: petiole length 15–25% blade, pubescent, glandular; blade usually narrowly obovate to obtrullate, sometimes oblanceolate, 2–3 cm, thin to subcoriaceous, slightly floppy, base ± contracted, lobes 0 or 1–2 (–3) per side distally, short, lobe apex subacute, margins glandular, weakly crenate-serrate, veins 1–3 per side (terminating beyond widest part of leaf), apex acute to obtuse, surfaces canescent to woolly only near midvein young, becoming glabrate, abaxial main vein-axils with tufts of hair. Inflorescences 3–7-flowered; branches pubescent to densely pubescent; bracteoles deciduous, linear, margins short-stipitate-glandular, adaxially short-pubescent. Flowers 10–12 mm diam.; hypanthium densely pubescent; sepals triangular, 3–4 mm, margins glandular-serrate, abaxially pubescent; anthers cream; styles 3 or 4. Pomes often copper to deep red, suborbicular, 10 mm diam., pubescent; sepals patent-reflexed; pyrenes 3 or 4.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–Sep; fruiting Aug–Sep.
Habitat: Open scrub, woodlands
Elevation: 0–800 m

Distribution

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Ala., Fla., Ga., N.C., S.C.

Discussion

Crataegus lancei is fairly common from Alabama to the Carolinas and northern Florida. In Buncombe County, North Carolina, C. lancei is found near the highest elevations for members of ser. Lacrimatae. The species is one of the narrow-leaved members of the thick-twigged group. Its crenate-margined short-shoot leaves vary from more or less elliptic-oblong, lobes absent, to narrowly obovate (rarely narrowly elliptic-rhombic) with a single well-defined, short, subterminal, toothlike lobe on each side. In this it differs from C. senta, in which short-shoot leaves are oblong-spatulate to cuneate with several short but acute, subterminal lobes. Extension-shoot leaves also differ markedly (see C. senta). When the narrower type of short-shoot leaves, which are broadest near the middle, are plentiful, C. lancei is one of the most distinctive species in the series. Other striking features include inflorescences more floriferous than usual for the series and often dark orange to deep red, cherrylike fruits.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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... more about "Crataegus lancei"
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
acute;obtuse +
James B. Phipps +
J. B. Phipps +
thin-exfoliating +  and corrugated +
compound +  and simple +
opposite +  and alternate +
narrowly cuneate +  and rounded +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
oblanceolate +, usually narrowly obovate +  and obtrullate +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
subcoriaceous +
pubescent +  and densely pubescent +
adnate +  and distinct +
crowded +, scattered +  and alternate +
spreading +  and pendulous +
Ala. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, N.C. +  and S.C. +
not +  and aggregated +
0–800 m +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
not +  and aggregated +
not +  and aggregated +
yellow +  and red or purplish +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
dark gray +, purple-brown +  and blackish +
older +  and new +
densely pubescent +  and tomentose +
Open scrub, woodlands +
constricted +
crassinucellate +
deciduous +
eglandular +  and craspedodromous +
glandular-serrate +  and crenate-serrate +
pubescent +, short-pubescent +  and short-stipitate-glandular +
serrate +  and crenate +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
firm +  and coriaceous +
inferior +  and superior +
biseriate +  and clustered +
collateral +  and basal +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
circular +  and elliptic +
0 (?) +  and 4 (?) +
pale paper brown +
free +  and distinct +
post-mature +
Flowering Apr–Sep +  and fruiting Aug–Sep. +
adnate +, free +, connate +  and distinct +
dark gray-brown +  and russet +
exfoliating +  and corrugated +
pruinose +
copper +  and deep red +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (?) +
suborbicular +
J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas +
not arillate +
circumscissile +
persistent +
free +  and distinct +
patent-reflexed +
triangular +
nonaccrescent +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
1-50-flowered +  and few-leaved +
free +  and distinct +
branched +  and simple +
persistent +
distinct +
exsert +  and lateral +
elongate +
glabrate +, canescent +  and woolly +
Crataegus lancei +
Crataegus (sect. Coccineae) ser. Lacrimatae +
species +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
purple-brown +  and blackish +
straight +
slender +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
craspedodromous +  and gland-tipped +
inconspicuous +
less erect +  and oblique +
1 +  and several +
determinate +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
tree +  and shrub +