Malus

Malus; Temporal range:
	Malus ‘Purple Prince'
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Subfamily:	Amygdaloideae
Tribe:	Maleae
Subtribe:	Malinae
Genus:	Malus; Mill.
Type species
	Malus sylvestris; Mill. (1768)
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	Chloromeles (Decne.) Decne. (1882); Docynia Decne. (1874); Eriolobus (Ser.) M.Roem.(1847); Prameles Rushforth (2018); Sinomalus Koidz. (1932); × Tormimalus Holub (1998);

Malus (/ˈmeɪləs/^[3] or /ˈmæləs/) is a genus of about 32–57 species^[4] of small deciduous trees or shrubs in the family Rosaceae, including the domesticated orchard apple, crab apples and wild apples.

The genus is native to the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere.

^ Cirrus Digital Purple Prince Crabapple
^ "Malus Mill". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
^ Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
^ Phipps, James B.; Robertson, Kenneth R.; Smith, Paul G.; Rohrer, Joseph R. (1990). "A checklist of the subfamily Maloideae (Rosaceae)". Can. J. Bot. 68 (10): 2209–2269. doi:10.1139/b90-288.

Malus Temporal range:

Malus ‘Purple Prince'^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Subfamily:	Amygdaloideae
Tribe:	Maleae
Subtribe:	Malinae
Genus:	Malus Mill.
Type species
Malus sylvestris Mill. (1768)
Species
See text
Synonyms^[2]
Chloromeles (Decne.) Decne. (1882) Docynia Decne. (1874) Eriolobus (Ser.) M.Roem.(1847) Prameles Rushforth (2018) Sinomalus Koidz. (1932) × Tormimalus Holub (1998)