Talk:Crataegus heterophylla

Watson

Something is very wrong with the statements about Watson's work, as noted in the comment attached to the "citation needed" flag. "I can't find it in that book, and in any case Watson put all of Crataegus into Mespilus (stated on page xi)|date=July 2009". Watson's book is now available in Google books. I hope that someone knows whose work should be referred to here, it isn't Watson.

"By contrast an eastern European origin was proposed by Peter William Watson who was the first to publish a botanical description and drawing in the UK based on examination of a live example. His figure in Dendrologia Britannica: trees and shrubs that will live in the open air of Britain 1825, was taken from a tree at Loddiges nursery in Hackney who had by now obtained seed from correspondents. Watson noted that the various-leaved hawthorn had similarities with the eastern European Azarole and named it C. aronia ..."

Nadiatalent (talk) 12:43, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

I checked Loudon, it isn't him who made this description. I've removed this material from the page. Nadiatalent (talk) 22:51, 3 September 2009 (UTC)