What is Mespilus?
{{Speciesbox |name=''Mespilus'' |image=Mespilus_germanica_St-Cyr-Montmalin_08_septembre_2014_0363.JPG |image_alt= |image_caption= |taxon=Mespilus |authority=[[Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc|Bosc]] ex [[Édouard Spach|Spach]] }} '''''Mespilus''''' is a genus of plants in the [[Rosaceae]] family. It contains two species, ''[[Mespilus germanica]]'' and ''[[Mespilus canescens]],'' though ''M. canescens'' is a hybrid between ''M. germanica'' and a ''[[Crataegus]]'' species, and is properly called ''[[× Crataemespilus]]'' ''canescens''. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=120360|title=Mespilus in Flora of North America @ efloras.org|website=www.efloras.org|access-date=2020-08-08}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:Rosaceae]] {{biology-stub}}