Malus coronaria (L.) Mill.

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Maryland

• County/Municipio

  Prince George's Co.

• City/Township

  Beltsville

• Locality

  West of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and one mile southeast of the Beltsville field station of the Bureau of Plant Industry

• Coordinates

  39.0216, -76.862

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  5381.35

• Georeferencing Method

  GEOLocate Web Application. Located coord of geogr center of Beltsville field station. Measured from coord. to farthest extent of area=linear extent. Input info (including offset 1 mi SE) into MaNIS Georef Calc to find offset coord+uncert.

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

AMERICAN CRABAPPLES
COLLECTED AND GROWN BY F. B. LINCOLN AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF MARYLAND FARM IN PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, MARYLAND
West of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and one mile southeast of the
Beltsville field station of the Bureau of Plant Industry
HMalus glabrata Rehd.11
ORIGINAL SOURCE:
"Rankins" (probably near Biltmore, N.C.)
GROWN BY F. B. LINCOLN
from plants sent about 1938 by C.D.Beadle from
his own nursery at Biltraore, N.C.
DESCRIPTION OF PLANT:
Fruit green, larger and less fragrant and less
waxy than most wild plants of M.glabrata; also not
angular
CYTOLOGICAL DATA OBTAINED BY F. B. LINCOLN, (chromosome counts
made on root-tips of seedlings from open-pollinated fruits of this plant):
2n m
no data
COLLECTED BY ROGERS McVAUGH (No. 6634 ) SEPTEMBER 14, 1942
Photo from neg. 79965, Division of Plant Exploration and
Introduction
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Malus coronaria (L.) Miller
E. E. Dickson 15 November 2009
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