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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Malus domestica
|accepted_authority=(Suckow) Borkhausen
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Theor. Prakt. Handb. Forstbot.
|place=2: 1272.  1803, name conserved
|year=1803 
}}
|common_names=Orchard or common or paradise crabapple;pommier commun
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Pyrus malus Linnaeus var. domestica
|authority=Suckow
|rank=variety
|publication_title=Anfangsgr. Bot. 
|publication_place=2: 332.  1786
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=M. paradisiaca
|authority=(Linnaeus) Medikus
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=M. pumila
|authority=Miller
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=M. sylvestris
|authority=(Linnaeus) Miller
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=P. malus
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=P. malus var. paradisiaca
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=P. malus var. sylvestris
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Rosaceae;Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae;Rosaceae tribe Gillenieae;Malus;Malus domestica
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Rosaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Rosaceae tribe Gillenieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Malus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Malus domestica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 9
|mention_page=page 473, 474, 477, 483
|treatment_page=page 476
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees,</b> 20–100(–150) dm. <b>Stems</b> 5–30 cm diam.; bark dark gray or gray-brown, scaly; young branches dark brown or reddish brown, densely tomentose, becoming glabrous; flowering shoots becoming spurs, 40–150 mm. <b>Buds</b> dark red or purple, ovoid, 3–4(–5) mm, scale margins densely puberulous. <b>Leaves</b> convolute in bud; isomorphic; stipules deciduous, lanceolate, 3–5 mm, apex acuminate; petiole 10–35 mm, tomentose to sparsely pubescent; blade elliptic, ovate, or broadly elliptic, (2–)5–10 × (1–)3–6.5 cm, base broadly cuneate or rounded, margins unlobed, obtusely serrate, sometimes serrate-crenate, apex acute, abaxial surface glabrescent, adaxial densely puberulent. <b>Panicles</b> umbel-like; peduncles absent; bracteoles deciduous, filiform, 5–7 mm. <b>Pedicels</b> 10–25 mm, puberulous. <b>Flowers</b> 30–40 mm diam.; hypanthium tomentose; sepals reflexed at flowering, triangular-lanceolate or triangular-ovate, 6–8 mm, equal to or longer than tube, apex acuminate, surfaces tomentose; petals (rose in bud) white, sometimes pink, obovate, 15–25 mm, claws 1 mm, margins entire, apex rounded; stamens 20, 9–10 mm, anthers yellow before dehiscence; styles 5, basally connate less than 1/2 length, 9–10 mm, slightly longer than stamens, basally gray-tomentose; stigmas green. <b>Pomes</b> green, yellow, or red, pure, striped, or blushed, globose or depressed-globose, 20–50(–70) mm diam., skin with bloom or wax, sometimes russetted or dotted, cores enclosed at apex; sepals persistent, erect; sclereids absent. <b>Seeds</b> light brown. <b>2n</b> = 34 (51, 68).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–May; fruiting Jul–Oct.
|habitat=Abandoned or naturalized in thickets, forests, fields, fence edges, shores, roadsides
|elevation=0–1600 m
|distribution=St. Pierre and Miquelon;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Ala.;Alaska;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;c Asia;introduced also in Mexico;Central America (El Salvador;Guatemala);South America (Argentina);Europe;e Asia;Africa (South Africa);Pacific Islands (New Zealand;Tristan da Cunha);Australia.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p><i>Malus domestica</i> is cultivated for its edible apple. Historically, the nomenclature of the orchard apple has been confusing, with many species names applied to cultivar groups. Based on extensive nomenclatural research, D. J. Mabberley et al. (2001) concluded that <i>M. pumila</i> is the correct binomial for the species of central Asia that is ancestral to orchard apples. Commonly used binomials, such as M. domestica Borkhausen (an illegitimate name), <i>M. paradisiaca</i> (Linnaeus) Medikus, and <i>M. sylvestris</i>, have been placed in synonymy. Quian G. Z. et al. (2010) have proposed to conserve M. domestica and reject <i>M. pumila</i>. Their proposal is still under consideration by the Nomenclature Committee for Vascular Plants.</p><!--
--><p>Some trees, although originally planted, may appear naturalized when found in old, overgrown areas. Naturalized trees are derived from seeds distributed by birds and mammals and from apples discarded by people. Trees grown from seeds often produce small, bitter, and sour fruit.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Malus domestica
|authority=(Suckow) Borkhausen
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=M. paradisiaca;M. pumila;M. sylvestris;P. malus;P. malus var. paradisiaca;P. malus var. sylvestris
|basionyms=Pyrus malus var. domestica
|family=Rosaceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–May; fruiting Jul–Oct.
|habitat=Abandoned or naturalized in thickets, forests, fields, fence edges, shores, roadsides
|elevation=0–1600 m
|distribution=St. Pierre and Miquelon;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Ala.;Alaska;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;c Asia;introduced also in Mexico;Central America (El Salvador;Guatemala);South America (Argentina);Europe;e Asia;Africa (South Africa);Pacific Islands (New Zealand;Tristan da Cunha);Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Theor. Prakt. Handb. Forstbot.
|publication year=1803
|special status=Introduced
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V9/V9_803.xml
|subfamily=Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae
|tribe=Rosaceae tribe Gillenieae
|genus=Malus
|species=Malus domestica
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