Herbarium specimen AUA 423 Crataegus triflora Chapman, at John D. Freeman Herbarium (AUA), Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama. It was A.W. Chapman's collection from Floyd County, Georgia. A.W. Chapman’s identification was ” Crataegus coccinea L. (not typical)”. It was probably collected before he described in 1892 a new specie Crataegus triflora Chapm. from Rome, Floyd County, Georgia. Author annotated specimen as Isotype! Crataegus triflora Chapm. on September 18, 2007 at AUA Herbarium in Auburn, Alabama.

References :
Auburn University Herbarium ( http://www.auburn.edu/herbarium/), Department of Biological Sciences Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849

Last updated on March 26, 2012.

A.W. Chapman collection from Floyd County, Georgia
Hawthorn's Type Specimens from Floyd County, Georgia
Chapman's Hawthorn