''Crataegus'' × ''smithiana'', or perhaps more correctly ''Crataegus'' 'Smithiana', is a hybrid hawthorn commonly known as red Mexican hawthorn. The

hybrid Hybrid may refer to: Science * Hybrid (biology), an offspring resulting from cross-breeding ** Hybrid grape, grape varieties produced by cross-breeding two ''Vitis'' species ** Hybridity, the property of a hybrid plant which is a union of two diff ...

is said to have originated at the Yarralumla Nursery in Canberra, Australia. This tree has been planted along several streets in Canberra.

Taxonomy

The Latin binomial that is sometimes used, ''Crataegus'' × ''smithiana'' or the equivalent ''C. smithiana'', appears to have never been validly publishedhttp://www.ipni.org The International Plant Names Index under the rules of the

International Code of Botanical Nomenclature The ''International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants'' (ICN or ICNafp) is the set of rules and recommendations dealing with the formal botanical names that are given to plants, fungi and a few other groups of organisms, all tho ...

References

smithiana Nomina nuda {{Crataegus-stub