Lindleya

Lindleya
Lindleya mespiloides
Illustration by Pierre Jean François Turpin
from Kunth, Bonpland, and Humboldt's Nova genera et species plantarum (1815–1825)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Subfamily: Amygdaloideae
Tribe: Maleae
Genus: Lindleya
Knuth
Species:
L. mespiloides
Binomial name
Lindleya mespiloides
Kunth

Lindleya is a genus of Mexican evergreen trees of the family Rosaceae, tribe Maleae.[1] The sole species, Lindleya mespiloides, grows to a height of 6 metres (20 ft) and bears solitary white fragrant flowers in summer. The fruit are dry dehiscent capsules.[2]

  1. ^ "Gen. Lindleya Kunth", Germplasm Resources Information Network, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, retrieved 2024-01-02
  2. ^ Evans, R.C.; Campbell, C.S. (2002). "The origin of the apple subfamily (Rosaceae: Maloideae) is clarified by DNA sequence data from duplicated GBSSI Genes" (PDF). American Journal of Botany. 89 (9): 1478–1484. doi:10.3732/ajb.89.9.1478. PMID 21665749.