Crataegus beata

Sargent

Proc. Rochester Acad. Sci. 4: 97. 1903.

Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 9. Treatment on page 570. Mentioned on page 568, 571.

Shrubs, 60 dm. Stems: twigs: new growth dark orange-green tinged with red, glabrous, 1-year old bright reddish-brown, older mid gray; thorns on twigs straight to slightly recurved, 2-years old dark, shiny reddish-brown, stout, 3.5–4.5 cm. Leaves: petiole 2.5–4 cm, hairy young, glabrescent, ± densely glandular; blade broadly ovate to deltate-ovate, 5–8 cm, subcoriaceous, base broadly rounded to subtruncate, sometimes broadly cuneate, lobes 4 or 5 per side, ± triangular, sinuses not recorded, lobe apex acute to acuminate, margins strongly serrate, veins 5 per side, apex acuminate, surfaces glabrous except adaxial ± appressed-hairy young. Inflorescences 5–12-flowered; branches glabrous; bracteoles few, margins glandular. Flowers 16–18 mm diam.; hypanthium glabrous; sepals narrowly triangular, margins subentire or slightly glandular, abaxially glabrous; stamens 20, anthers deep maroon; styles 3 or 4. Pomes crimson, oblong to oblong-obovoid, 9–10 mm diam.; sepals spreading; pyrenes 4 or 5, dorsally grooved.


Phenology: Flowering May; fruiting Sep–Oct.
Habitat: Brush
Elevation: 100–300 m

Distribution

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Ont., Mich., N.Y., Ohio, Wis.

Discussion

Crataegus beata is a rare, variable taxon that here comprises all the 20-stamen forms of ser. Populneae and may be more widespread than indicated. Syntype material has resemblances to C. schuettei and C. stolonifera. The very small amount of material available to the author is characterized by tan or very dark (brownish to blackish) one-year old wood and one-year thorns, sharply dissected, narrower, C. levis-like leaves, or more shallowly incised (except in extension shoots) C. populnea-like coriaceous foliage and glandular-serrate sepals. In these, the anthers are pink to red and the pomes large, oblong-orbicular, and red. The young leaves are densely short, scabrous hairy adaxially when young.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"thin" is not a number."glabrous" is not a number."adnate" is not a number."dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

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0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
acuminate +
James B. Phipps +
Sargent +
orangebrown +
thin-exfoliating +  and corrugated +
compound +  and simple +
opposite +  and alternate +
cuneate +, broadly rounded +  and subtruncate +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
broadly ovate +  and deltate-ovate +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
subcoriaceous +
adnate +  and distinct +
crowded +, scattered +  and alternate +
Ont. +, Mich. +, N.Y. +, Ohio +  and Wis. +
not +  and aggregated +
100–300 m +
1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 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 />) +
gray +, bright reddish-brown +  and dark orange-green tinged with red +
older +, old +  and new +
Brush +
constricted +
crassinucellate +
deciduous +
triangular +
subentire +
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 />) +
elliptic +  and circular +
0 (?) +  and 4 (?) +
pale paper brown +
free +  and distinct +
post-mature +
glabrescent +  and hairy +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
Flowering May +  and fruiting Sep–Oct. +
adnate +, free +, connate +  and distinct +
dark gray-brown +  and russet +
exfoliating +  and corrugated +
pruinose +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
oblong +  and oblong-obovoid +
Proc. Rochester Acad. Sci. +
not arillate +
persistent +
free +  and distinct +
triangular +
nonaccrescent +
1-50-flowered +  and few-leaved +
shallow +  and deep +
free +  and distinct +
branched +  and simple +
persistent +
distinct +
exsert +  and lateral +
elongate +
Crataegus beata +
Crataegus (sect. Coccineae) ser. Populneae +
species +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
reddish-brown +  and dark +
straight +
slender +
3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> (4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br />) +
craspedodromous +
inconspicuous +
less erect +  and oblique +
1 +  and several +
straight +
determinate +