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''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'' and ''Eriolobus trilobatus'', now '' Malus trilobata''.


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Maleae Rosaceae genera {{maleae-stub