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Malus sylvestris (L.) Mill. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Malus (family Rosaceae).

The record derives from RJP (data supplied on 2011-10-18 ) which reports it as an accepted name (record 71) with original publication details: The gardeners dictionary: eighth edition The gardeners dictionary: eighth edition; 1768 Malus no.1 1768.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:726415-1.

Synonyms:

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Malus acerba M‚rat	Synonym		RJP	2011-10-18
Malus acerta M‚rat [Spelling variant]	Synonym		RJP	2011-10-18
Malus communis subsp. sylvestris (L.) Gams	Synonym		RJP	2011-10-18
Malus malus (L.) Britton	Synonym		RJP	2011-10-18
Pyrus acerba (M‚rat) DC.	Synonym		RJP	2011-10-18
Pyrus malus var. sylvestris L.	Synonym		RJP	2011-10-18

Earlier versions

This name record (from RJP) was not included in version 1 of The Plant List. It is possible the same name was included from a different data source, to check this you can search for Malus sylvestris in version 1 of The Plant List.