noun

Definition of Chinese quince

: a half-evergreen medium-sized tree (Chaenomeles sinensis) resembling dwarf Japanese quince but with solitary pink flowers

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Wikipedia (EN):

Pseudocydonia sinensis, the Chinese quince, is a deciduous or semi-evergreen tree in the family Rosaceae, native to eastern Asia in China, and the sole species in the genus Pseudocydonia. It is closely related to the east Asian genus Chaenomeles, and is sometimes placed in Chaenomeles as C. sinensis, but notable differences are the lack of thorns, and that the flowers are produced singly, not in clusters.

 

The Washington Post:

The beguiling and rare Chinese quince goes by the Latin name of Pseudocydonia sinensis.

 

Louis, the Plant Geek (Rhode Island):

Latin Name | Pseudocydonia sinensis

Common Name | Chinese quince

 

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Hortipedia – GartenInfoPortal (Homburg, Saarland):

Chaenomeles sinensis, umgangssprachlich Holzquitte, ist ein Strauch.

 

Bonsaischule Enger (Enger, Nordrhein-Westfalen):

Deutscher Name: Holzquitte

 

Nr-01.de (Bad Zwischenahn, Niedersachsen):

Holzquitte 100-125cm - Pseudocydonia sinensis

 

Andere deutsche Namen (nicht vorgeschlagen):

 

Taxonomic citations:

• Chaenomeles sinensis (Thouin) Koehne, Die Gattungen der Pomaceen 29. 1890.

• Pseudocydonia sinensis (Thouin) C.K. Schneider, Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 3: 181. 1906.

Basionym:

• Cydonia sinensis Thouin, Annales du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle 19: 145. 1812.

See original illustration (plate 8, showing branch & whole fruit)

See original illustration (plate 9, showing flowers & fruit cut in half)

 

Other scientific synonyms (not proposed):

• Chaenomeles cathayensis (Hemsl.) C.K. Schneid. (1906)

• Chaenomeles speciosa var. cathayensis (Hemsl.) H. Hara (1957)

• Pyrus cathayensis Hemsl. (1887)

• Pyrus sinensis (Thouin) Poir. (1816)

 

5135 - Rosaceae (subfamily Amygdaloideae, tribe Maleae)