View source for Chaenomeles japonica

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Chaenomeles japonica
|accepted_authority=(Thunberg) Lindley ex Spach
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Hist. Nat. Vég.
|place=2: 159. 1834
|year=1834
}}
|common_names=Japanese flowering quince
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Pyrus japonica
|authority=Thunberg
|rank=species
|publication_title=Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal.
|publication_place=3: 208. 1780
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cydonia japonica
|authority=(Thunberg) Persoon
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Rosaceae;Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae;Rosaceae tribe Gillenieae;Chaenomeles;Chaenomeles japonica
|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>[[Chaenomeles]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Chaenomeles japonica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 9
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 485
}}<!--

--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> 0.2–10 dm. <b>Branches</b> purple, scabrous (and tomentose when young, becoming blackish brown, verrucose, glabrous with age). <b>Leaves</b>: stipules of vegetative branches reniform, to 1 cm, margins crenate-serrate, apex usually obtuse; petiole 4–6 mm; blade obovate, spatulate, or broadly ovate, 3–5 × 2–3 cm, base cuneate to broadly cuneate, margins crenate-serrate, apex obtuse to acute, abaxial surface glabrous. <b>Flowers</b> 25–40 mm diam.; sepals ovate, rarely suborbiculate, 4–5 mm; petals dark red, obovate or suborbiculate, 15–25 mm; stamens 40–60, 1/2 length of petals. <b>Pomes</b> yellow, subglobose, 23–40 mm diam.</span><!--

-->{{Treatment/Body
|phenology=Flowering Apr–May; fruiting Aug–Oct.
|habitat=Vacant lots, old fields, fencerows, wastelands
|elevation=10–600 m
|distribution=Ill.;Miss.;N.Y.;Pa.;Vt.;W.Va.;e Asia (Japan);introduced also in Europe.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p><i>Chaenomeles japonica</i> is cultivated as an ornamental for its showy spring flowers.</p>
|tables=
|references=
}}<!--

--><!--

-->{{#Taxon:
name=Chaenomeles japonica
|authority=(Thunberg) Lindley ex Spach
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Cydonia japonica
|basionyms=Pyrus japonica
|family=Rosaceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–May; fruiting Aug–Oct.
|habitat=Vacant lots, old fields, fencerows, wastelands
|elevation=10–600 m
|distribution=Ill.;Miss.;N.Y.;Pa.;Vt.;W.Va.;e Asia (Japan);introduced also in Europe.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Hist. Nat. Vég.
|publication year=1834
|special status=Introduced
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V9/V9_818.xml
|subfamily=Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae
|tribe=Rosaceae tribe Gillenieae
|genus=Chaenomeles
|species=Chaenomeles japonica
}}<!--

-->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Chaenomeles]]