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Malus
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Malus ( or ) is a genus of about 32–57 species of small deciduous trees or shrubs in the family Rosaceae, including the domesticated orchard apple, crab apples (sometimes known in North America as crabapples) and wild apples.
Malus is a group of about 32 to 57 species of small trees and shrubs that belong to the rose family and includes the common apple tree we grow in orchards, as well as crab apples and wild apple varieties. It matters because it encompasses the domesticated apple and related wild species that have been important to human agriculture and food production for thousands of years.
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Species
Malus
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderRosales
- FamilyRosaceae
Common Name: maidens blush apple
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Research
10,547 papers- Dwarfism mechanism in Malus clonal rootstocks.ReviewPlanta · 2024Verma P, Sharma NC, Sharma DP et al.DOI: 10.1007/s00425-024-04561-5
- Cryobiotechnology of apple (Malus spp.): development, progress and future prospects.ReviewPlant cell reports · 2018Wang MR, Chen L, Teixeira da Silva JA et al.DOI: 10.1007/s00299-018-2249-x
- MicroRNAs in the growth control of Malus spp.ReviewPlant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology · 2025Yue M, An Y, Lu R et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2025.112634
- The roles of WRKY transcription factors in Malus spp. and Pyrus spp.ReviewFunctional & integrative genomics · 2022Felipez W, de Freitas KEJ, Dos Santos RS et al.DOI: 10.1007/s10142-022-00886-0
- Research progress of fruit color development in apple (Malus domestica Borkh.).ReviewPlant physiology and biochemistry : PPB · 2021Chen Z, Yu L, Liu W et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2021.02.033
- Transcriptomic responses to biotic stresses in Malus x domestica: a meta-analysis study.Scientific reports · 2018Balan B, Marra FP, Caruso T et al.DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-19348-4
- Rootstock-scion interaction affects Malus transcriptome profiles in response to cadmium.Scientific data · 2023Huang Y, Sun L, Wang J et al.DOI: 10.1038/s41597-023-02239-3
- Cutinsomes of Malus Mill. (Rosaceae) leaf and pericarp: genesis, localization, and transport.Micron (Oxford, England : 1993) · 2024Kumachova TK, Voronkov ASDOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2024.103657
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- Formerly placed here
- Selected artificial hybrids
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Malus ( or ) is a genus of about 32–57 species of small deciduous trees or shrubs in the family Rosaceae, including the domesticated orchard apple, crab apples (sometimes known in North America as crabapples) and wild apples.
The genus is native to the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere.
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