Published May 12, 2022 | Version v1
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Chaenomeles japonica Lindl. ex Spach 1834

  • 1. Institute of Horticulture, Graudu iela 1, Ceriņi, Krimūnu pagasts, Dobeles novads, LV- 3701, Latvia
  • 2. Ventspils University of Applied Sciences, Inženieru iela 101, Ventspils, LV- 3601, Latvia

Description

Chaenomeles japonica ‘Anta’

‘Anta’— Tīcs 2000: 32 (mentions)

‘Cido Anta’— Tīcs 2000: 37 (description), new synonym

Description:

The plant is a small shrub, 1.2 m wide and up to 50 cm tall. Vegetatively propagated plants form a small little vital shrub. First-degree branches are firm, and they go at a 45-degree angle. There is more than average amount of secondary branches. Leaf blade is similar to ‘Ada’—with rounded leaf base, elongated and with broadly pointed at the tip. The edge of the leaf is bluntly serrated, at the top it is also double-serrated. Leaf base is rounded and wedge-shaped. Stipules are large, round, and kidney-shaped, bordered from notched to serrated. On biennial branches, leaves are in bouquets without stipules, the border of the leaf is similar to the leaves on the annual shoot. Fruit is round, ripens 1–2 weeks later than ‘Alfa’, medium-sized 50–70 g. Fruit dimensions: 47 × 47 mm.

Notes

Published as part of Stalažs, Arturs, Sviķe, Silga & Veckalne, Aiga, 2022, Chaenomeles japonica (Maleae, Amygdaloideae, Rosaceae): validation of six Alberts Tīcs' cultivar names and two new synonyms for the species, pp. 294-300 in Phytotaxa 545 (3) on page 298, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.545.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/6541555

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Chaenomeles
Kingdom
Plantae
Order
Rosales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
Lindl. ex Spach
Species
japonica
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Chaenomeles japonica Spach, 1834 sec. Stalažs, Sviķe & Veckalne, 2022

References

  • Tics, A. (2000) Ziemelu citrons Cido. Jauna auglu kultura. [author's edition], [Pure], 257 pp.