Crataegus schuettei, the royal hawthorn or Schuette's hawthorn, is a species of shrubby tree in the family Rosaceae, native to northeastern North America; from Arkansas and North Carolina north to Ontario and Quebec.[1][2] It is typically found growing in forest edges and old fields.[3] Its ripe fruit is red.

Crataegus schuettei
Botanical illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Crataegus
Species:	C. schuettei
Binomial name
Crataegus schuettei Ashe
Synonyms[1]
List Crataegus alnorum Sarg. Crataegus basilica Beadle Crataegus basilica var. viridimontana (Sarg.) E.J.Palmer Crataegus ferrissii Ashe Crataegus schuettei var. basilica (Beadle) J.B.Phipps Crataegus schuettei var. cuneata Kruschke Crataegus schuettei var. ferrissii (Ashe) Kruschke Crataegus tortilis Ashe Crataegus viridimontana Sarg. Oxyacantha alnorum (Sarg.) Nieuwl.

Subtaxa

The following varieties are accepted:[1]

• Crataegus schuettei var. cuneata Kruschke ex J.B.Phipps – Minnesota, Wisconsin
• Crataegus schuettei var. gigantea Kruschke ex J.B.Phipps – Wisconsin
• Crataegus schuettei var. schuettei

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