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Chaenomeles speciosa - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Mosteiro de Tibães, Mire de Tibães, Braga, Portugal; 4/2010 © Jörn Germer

Chaenomeles speciosa - Flower bud and thorn - Click to enlarge!

Flower bud and thorn; Braga, Portugal; 2/2011 © Jörn Germer

Chaenomeles speciosa - Flower, side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower, side view; Mosteiro de Tibães, Mire de Tibães, Braga, Portugal; 4/2010 © Jörn Germer

Chaenomeles speciosa - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Mosteiro de Tibães, Mire de Tibães, Braga, Portugal; 4/2010 © Jörn Germer

Chaenomeles speciosa - Leaf insertion - Click to enlarge!

Leaf insertion; Mosteiro de Tibães, Mire de Tibães, Braga, Portugal; 4/2010 © Jörn Germer

Chaenomeles speciosa - Thorn - Click to enlarge!

Thorn; Mosteiro de Tibães, Mire de Tibães, Braga, Portugal; 4/2010 © Jörn Germer

Chaenomeles speciosa - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Mosteiro de Tibães, Mire de Tibães, Braga, Portugal; 4/2010 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1255
Date of entry: 12.04.2010
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Flowering quince

German: Japanische Zierquitte

Mandarin: 皱皮木瓜 (zhou pi mu gua)

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Rosales (119)

        Family: Rosaceae (56)(family description)

          Genus: Chaenomeles (1)

            Epithet: speciosa (Sweet) Nakai (6)

speciosa => beautiful

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: red

External links

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World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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