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(Lojacono 1891: sub A. ovalis); Only “Rocca Busambra rupi perpendicolo dirimpetto Ciacca
Bifarera” (Lojacono 1909: sub A. ovalis); Madonie: Quacella (Raimondo & al. 1990 b); Ficuzza
area (Gianguzzi & al. 2004). – R.
770. Cotoneaster nebrodensis (Guss.) C. Koch, Hort. Dendrol.: 179 (1853) [Bas. Pyrus
nebrodensis Guss., Fl. Sicul. Prodr. 1: 569 (1827); “C. nummularia” sensu Lojac. non
Fisch. & C. A. Mey.]
Dry broadleaf woods, also cultivated. – Montagna del Ferro dalla parte della Grotta dell’Asino
(Lojacono 1891); Madonie: Quacella (Raimondo & al. 1990 b); Madonie a Quacella, Manca dei
Pini e M. Ferro (Raimondo & al. 1994). – RR.
771. Mespilus germanica L., Sp. Pl.: 478 (1753)
Broadleaf woods and fields. – Ficuzza, S. Maria del Bosco (Gussone 1827); Boschi dell’Etna
verso Nicolosi (Tornabene) (Gussone 1845); Ficuzza al Pizzo della Nespola (Pizzo Nero),
Mezzojuso, Cozzo Guardiola presso la Torre, S. Martino, Madonie, Nebrodi a Mirto, Etna a
Nicolosi (Lojacono 1891); Altopiano Ibleo a Buccheri, Ferla, Sortino, Vizzini, M. Lauro,
Monterosso Almo (Brullo & Marcenò 1984); Madonie: Isnello in Contrada S. Giovanni,
Contrada Farchio (Schicchi & al. 1990); Geraci Siculo a San Cosimano, Quacella (Raimondo &
al. 2004). – R.

772. ×Crataegomespilus grandiflora (Sm.) Bean, Trees Schr. 1: 418 (1914) [Bas.
Mespilus ×grandiflora Sm., Exot. Bot. 1: 33 (1804); Mespilus smithii DC.]
The hybrid Crataegus laevigata × Mespilus germanica. – Broadleaf woods. – Boschi di Ficuzza
(Lojacono 1891). – RR.
773. Crataegus azarolus L., Sp. Pl.: 477 (1753) var. azarolus [Mespilus azarolus (L.) All.]
Alien, cultivated for fruit. – According to Christensen (1992) no record affirms its native status
in Sicily. – C.
774. Crataegus azarolus var. aronia L., Sp. Pl.: 477 (1753) [Crataegus ×ruscinonensis
Gren. & Blanc in Billotia 1: 71 (1866) var. arionoides Browicz pro hybr.]
Crataegus ×ruscinonensis described as hybrid C. azarolus × monogyna; similar to var. azarolus.
– Ground escaped from fields and stony ground. – Common on the coastland and in hills. – C.
775. Crataegus azarolus var. chlorocarpa (Moris) K. I. Chr. in Syst. Bot. Monogr. 35: 36
(1992) [Bas. Mespilus azarolus var. chlorocarpa Moris, Fl. Sardoa 2: 44 (1840-1843)]
Azzeruolo a frutto giallo. – Commonly cultivated on the coastland and in hills. Agrigento, s.d.,
Citarda 824 (LE), -Provincia Siracusa, Davis 40237 (LD), -Palermo, s.d., Ross s.n. (LD, W)
(Christensen 1992); Cefalù: C.da Mazzaforno and Palermo on the south-facing slopes of Monte
Pellegrino! – C.
776. Crataegus orientalis M. Bieb., Fl. Taur.-Cauc. 1: 387 (1808), non (Poir.) Bosch ex
DC. subsp. orientalis [C. laciniata Ucria; Mespilus laciniata (Ucria) Guss.; incl. C.
oxyacantha var. oxyacanthoides (Thuill.) Fiori]
Scrubland and coppice. – High-hill and mountain woods of Northern Sicily. Montibus
Nebrodibus, s.d., Gasparrini s.n. (CGE) (Christensen 1992). – C.

777. Crataegus orientalis subsp. presliana K. I. Chr. in Syst. Bot. Monogr. 35: 44 (1992)