Docynia

Docynia
Docynia delavayi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Subfamily:	Amygdaloideae
Tribe:	Maleae
Subtribe:	Malinae
Genus:	Docynia Decne.

Docynia (栘木衣属, duo yi shu) is a genus of flowering trees, evergreen or semi-evergreen, in the family Rosaceae. Their leaves are simple, alternate, and stipulate, with flowers shortly stalked, 2–5-fascicled, and precocious or synantherous. Docynia reproduce following pollination by insect interaction and possess both male and female reproductive systems. The fruit is pomaceous.

Species

• Docynia delavayi (Franchet) C. K. Schneider
• Docynia indica (Wallich) Decaisne

References

• Decaisne, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 125, 131. 1874.
• Gu Cuizhi (Ku Tsue-chih) and Stephen A. Spongberg. 2003. Docynia Decaisne. in FLora of China 9:170–170.
• Encyclopedia of Life entry