''Eriolobus'' is a former genus of plants in the family

Rosaceae Rosaceae (), the rose family, is a family of flowering plants that includes 4,828 known species in 91 genera. The name is derived from the type genus '' Rosa''. The family includes herbs, shrubs, and trees. Most species are deciduous, but som ...

, native to Europe and the Middle East that is synonymized with ''

Malus ''Malus'' ( or ) is a genus of about 32–57 species of small deciduous trees or shrubs in the family Rosaceae, including the domesticated orchard apple, crab apples (sometimes known in North America as crabapples) and wild apples. The genus i ...

'', the apples. Two species formerly included in it were ''Eriolobus florentinus'', now ''

Malus florentina ''Malus florentina'' is a species of apple known by the common names Florentine crabapple and hawthorn-leaf crabapple. It is native to the Balkan Peninsula and Italy, and it is grown elsewhere as an ornamental tree. Description The tree is deci ...

'' and ''Eriolobus trilobatus'', now ''

Malus trilobata ''Malus trilobata'', the Lebanese wild apple, erect crab apple or three-lobed apple tree, is a species in the family Rosaceae in the genus ''Malus''. Some authorities place it in the segregate genus ''Eriolobus'', as ''E. trilobatus''. Des ...

''.

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Maleae Rosaceae genera {{maleae-stub