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Top: Science: Biology: Flora_and_Fauna: Plantae: Magnoliophyta: Magnoliopsida: Rosaceae: Mespilus

The genus Mespilus currently contains the medlar, a fruiting plant commonly cultivated in medieval Europe but now relatively rare. It may also contain Stern's medlar, an extremely rare plant native to a single plot in Arkansas discovered in 1996. The allocation of Stern's medlar to the genus is controversial.

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