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Species
VulnerableSPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderRosales
- FamilyRosaceae
Observations recorded9,190
Pyrus sieversii Ledebour, Fl. Altaic. 2: 222. 1830.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 140
- With media
- 35
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Collections
- OSU, CAS, RSA, MO, USCH, A
- Recorded in
- United States, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, China, Russian Federation
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Malus
- Named after
- Johann August Carl Sievers
- Image
- Malus sieversii Tarbagatai.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Vulnerable
- taxon name
- Malus sieversii
- Commons category
- Malus sieversii
- Commons gallery
- Malus sieversii
- taxon common name
- 新疆野苹果
- short name
- M. sieversii
- taxon range
- Xinjiang
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Encyclopedic overview
Malus sieversii is a wild apple. According to DNA analysis conducted in 2010, it is the primary ancestor of the domesticated apple, M. domestica. Its scientific name is accredited to Johann August Carl Sievers.
Native to Central Asia, M. sieversii prefers warm and damp habitats. Its conservation status is vulnerable.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Malus sieversii” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.