Malus domestica

 

From Latin mālus (“apple”) + domestica, feminine nominative of domesticus (“domestic”).

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1. A taxonomic species within the family Rosaceae – domestic apple tree, the genes for which are principally from Malus sylvestris and Malus sieversii.

• (species): Rosales - order; Rosaceae - family; Amygdaloideae - subfamily; Maleae - tribe; Malus - genus; Malus sect. Malus - section

• See   List of apple cultivars on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• (species in Malus sect. Malus): Malus asiatica (Chinese pearleaf crab apple), Malus crescimannoi, Malus floribunda (Japanese flowering crabapple), Malus muliensis, Malus orientalis, Malus prunifolia (Chinese apple, pruneleaf apple), Malus pumila, Malus sieversii, Malus spectabilis (Asiatic apple, Chinese crab apple, Chinese flowering apple), Malus sylvestris (European crab apple) - species

•   List of sequenced plant genomes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

•   Apple on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
•   Malus domestica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
•   Malus domestica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons