Chaenomeles speciosa

ClassificationDicots
FamilyRosaceae
Family (Traditional)Rosaceae
GenusChaenomeles
Species:Chaenomeles speciosa Nakai
Common NameFlowering Quince
Growth Habitshrub
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: Yes; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Woody; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LCW; Natural Area Presence: UCR; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: shrub; Region of Origin: Asia; Reproductive Phenology: January; Reproductive Phenology: Febuary; Reproductive Phenology: March; Reproductive Phenology: April; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: Pink; Base Flower Color: Red; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Berry; Fruit Wet/Dry: Wet; Hypanthium Present: Yes; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: No; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Number: 1; Sepal Fusion: No; Sepal Number: 5; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 13+
C value N/A
StatusNot Native; TN[SNA] KY[SNA] (State Rank); GNR (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

  • State Boundaries
  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Choenomeles lagenaria Choenomeles lagenaria (Loisel.) Koidz.
Choenomeles speciosa Choenomeles speciosa (Sweet) Nakai
Cydonia lagenaria Cydonia lagenaria Loisel.
Cydonia speciosa Cydonia speciosa Sweet

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Campbell (KY), Carter (KY), Clinton (KY), Garrard (KY), Harlan (KY), Jackson (KY), Letcher (KY), Lyon (KY), Madison (KY), Marshall (KY), Morgan (KY), Ohio (KY), Oldham (KY), Powell (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Rowan (KY), Shelby (KY), Trigg (KY), Warren (KY), Carter (TN), Cheatham (TN), Decatur (TN), DeKalb (TN), Rutherford (TN), Shelby (TN), Smith (TN), Stewart (TN), Unicoi (TN), Warren (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, MEM, MTSU, TENN, UCHT

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1965 - 2013

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100603677 Letcher Kentucky 07 Apr 1979 Jeffrey D. Sole
636
EKY
Chaenomeles speciosa
31234100603636 Clinton Kentucky 02 Apr 1995 Timothy J. Weckman
1277
EKY
Chaenomeles speciosa
N/A Powell Kentucky 30 Apr 1988 Ross C. Clark
21263
EKY
Chaenomeles speciosa
31234100603669 Jackson Kentucky 22 Mar 1986 Joe Abner
20
EKY
Chaenomeles speciosa
31234100603719 Rowan Kentucky 23 Apr 1966 Elizabeth M. Browne
11680
EKY
Chaenomeles speciosa
31234100603628 Clinton Kentucky 02 Apr 1995 Timothy J. Weckman, Judith E. Rozeman
1277
EKY
Chaenomeles speciosa
31234100850435 Powell Kentucky 24 Apr 1989 Ross C. Clark
s.n.
EKY
Chaenomeles speciosa
31234100603727 Shelby Kentucky 26 Apr 2006 Timothy J. Weckman
9959
EKY
Chaenomeles speciosa
31234100603701 Oldham Kentucky 16 Apr 2006 Timothy J. Weckman
9835
EKY
Chaenomeles speciosa
31234100603651 Harlan Kentucky 09 Aug 1999 Timothy J. Weckman
5365
EKY
Chaenomeles speciosa
BEREA019687 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Chaenomeles speciosa
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 25 Apr 2010 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Chaenomeles speciosa
APSC0005399 Lyon Kentucky 26 Jun 1974 Joe Schibig, E.W. Chester
2769
APSC
Chaenomeles speciosa
APSC0005400 Stewart Tennessee 01 Aug 1975 Edward W. Chester
3088
APSC
Chaenomeles speciosa
N/A Powell Kentucky 30 Apr 1988 Ross C. Clark
21263
EKY
Chaenomeles speciosa
APSC0097147 Ohio Kentucky
APSC
Chaenomeles speciosa
APSC0005401 Stewart Tennessee 19 Mar 1982 Edward W. Chester
82-28
APSC
Chaenomeles speciosa
TENN-V-0115015 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Chaenomeles speciosa
TENN-V-0115017 Cheatham Tennessee
TENN
Chaenomeles speciosa
APSC0005395 Stewart Tennessee 25 Mar 1987 Edward W. Chester
87-23
APSC
Chaenomeles speciosa
APSC0005398 Trigg Kentucky 17 Apr 1985 Edward W. Chester
85-92
APSC
Chaenomeles speciosa
BEREA019688 Rockcastle Kentucky
BEREA
Chaenomeles speciosa
TENN-V-0115020 Carter Kentucky
TENN
Chaenomeles speciosa
TENN-V-0115018 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Chaenomeles speciosa
MTSU007479 DeKalb Tennessee 15 Apr 2010 Krystal Richards
43
MTSU
Chaenomeles speciosa
MTSU007480 Rutherford Tennessee 01 Apr 2013 Nia Davis
15
MTSU
Chaenomeles speciosa
BEREA019689 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Chaenomeles speciosa
31973000018304 Campbell Kentucky 02 Sep 1980 Buddell, George
325
KNK
Chaenomeles speciosa
APSC0105753 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Chaenomeles speciosa
APSC0054034 Marshall Kentucky 13 Apr 2013
APSC
Chaenomeles speciosa
APSC0005397 Lyon Kentucky 14 Jun 1985 Edward W. Chester
85-298
APSC
Chaenomeles speciosa
APSC0005396 Trigg Kentucky 05 Apr 1988 Edward W. Chester
88-14
APSC
Chaenomeles speciosa
MEM016623 Decatur Tennessee 05 Apr 1981 Vernon Bates
2069
MEM
Chaenomeles speciosa
MEM013176 Shelby Tennessee 01 Jun 1978 Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne Jr.
78B10.1
MEM
Chaenomeles speciosa
31234100603644 Garrard Kentucky 06 Apr 2011 W. W. Overbeck
1060
EKY
Chaenomeles speciosa
UCHT014859 Cheatham Tennessee
UCHT
Chaenomeles speciosa
APSC0035527 Cheatham Tennessee
APSC
Chaenomeles speciosa
HTTU029668 Smith Tennessee
HTTU
Chaenomeles speciosa
APSC0096117 Morgan Kentucky 27 Apr 1987
APSC
Chaenomeles speciosa
HTTU019929 Warren Tennessee
HTTU
Chaenomeles speciosa
ETSU031150 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Chaenomeles speciosa
31234100603685 Madison Kentucky 25 Apr 1983 Anthony Miller
2
EKY
Chaenomeles speciosa
31234100776804 Powell Kentucky 30 Apr 1988 Ross C. Clark
21263
EKY
Chaenomeles speciosa
31234100603610 Carter Kentucky 23 May 1965 Elizabeth M. Browne
10173
EKY
Chaenomeles speciosa
31973000018305 Campbell Kentucky 21 Nov 1989 Thieret, John
55347
KNK
Chaenomeles speciosa
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