Eriolobus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rosales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Cladus: Archaeplastida
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Rosales

Familia: Rosaceae
Subfamilia: Amygdaloideae
Tribus: Maleae
Subtribus: Malinae
Genus: Eriolobus
Species: E. florentinus – E. trilobatus

Name

Eriolobus M.Roem., Syn. Rosifl. 104, 216 (1847).
Note: Now best treated as a synonym of Malus Liu et al. (2023) & Govaerts (2025) c.f. Hassler (2025)

Synonyms

  • Heterotypic
    • Cormus sect. Eriolobus (DC.) Decne., Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 157. 1874.
    • Eriolobus sect. Eueriolobus C.K.Schneid., Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 189. 1903, nom. inadmiss.
    • Pyrus sect. Eriolobus DC., Prodr. (Candolle) 2: 636. 1825 [1].
    • Malus subsect. Florentinae Rehder, J. Arnold Arbor. 2: 48. 1920; Malus sect. Florentinae (Rehder) M.H.Cheng ex G.Z.Qian, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 158(2): 225. 2008.

References

Primary references

  • Liu, G.N., Ma, D.K., Xu, C., Huang, J., Ge, B.J., Luo, Q., Wei, Y. & Liu, B.B. 2023.  Malus includes Docynia (Maleae, Rosaceae): evidence from phylogenomics and morphology. PhytoKeys 229: 47-60. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.229.103888 Open access Reference page.