The wild species of the apple genus, Malus: where each grows wild, and how it is faring.
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Asian wild apple
Mountains of Central Asia, above all the Tian Shan: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Xinjiang (China) Status: Vulnerable (IUCN Red List, 2007).
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Apple; Orchard apple
Grown and naturalised in temperate regions worldwide; Plants of the World Online, which includes the Central Asian wild apple in it, gives its native range as Afghanistan to Central Asia and Xinjiang
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European crabapple; Crab apple; Wild crab
Most of Europe, from Ireland and Portugal to Norway, Finland and European Russia, south to Sicily and the Balkans, and into Türkiye Status: Data Deficient (IUCN Red List, 2022).
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Southern crabapple; Narrow-leaved crabapple
South-eastern United States, from New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Illinois south to Florida and Louisiana Status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, 2018).
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Chinese pearleaf crabapple
China, from Xinjiang and Liaoning to Yunnan and Zhejiang, where it has long been grown; nowhere certainly wild Status: Data Deficient (IUCN Red List, 2014).
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Siberian crabapple; Siberian crab
Eastern Siberia, Mongolia, northern China, Korea and Japan, and along the Himalaya to Nepal and north-eastern India Status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, 2014).
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American crabapple; Sweet crabapple; Fragrant crabapple; Garland tree
Eastern North America, from Ontario and the Great Lakes south to Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana, west to Wisconsin and Kansas Status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, 2018).
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North-eastern Sicily: the Flascio river basin on the northern slopes of Monte Soro Status: Data Deficient (IUCN Red List, 2011).
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South-western China: western Sichuan and north-western Yunnan
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South-western China: western Guizhou, western Sichuan and Yunnan Status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, 2018).
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Southern China and Taiwan to Laos and Vietnam Status: Data Deficient (IUCN Red List, 2014).
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Florentine crab; Hawthorn-leaf crabapple
Italy, the Balkans and Türkiye: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia, Serbia and Türkiye Status: Data Deficient (IUCN Red List, 2017).
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Japanese flowering crab
Known only in cultivation, introduced to Europe from Japanese gardens; Plants of the World Online gives Korea as its native range
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Oregon crabapple; Pacific crabapple; Western crabapple
Pacific coast of North America, from Alaska through British Columbia, Washington and Oregon to California Status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, 2014).
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Hall crabapple
Central and eastern China, from Shaanxi and Sichuan to Jiangsu and Zhejiang; long cultivated in China and Japan Status: Data Deficient (IUCN Red List, 2014).
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Honan crabapple
Northern and central China: Hebei, Shanxi, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu and Hubei Status: Data Deficient (IUCN Red List, 2014).
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Tea crabapple; Hupeh crab; Chinese crabapple
Central, eastern and southern China, from Shanxi, Shandong and Gansu south to Guangdong and Fujian Status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, 2014).
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From Nepal and the eastern Himalaya to south-western China, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam
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Prairie crabapple; Iowa crabapple; Western crabapple
Central United States, from South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan south to Texas and Louisiana Status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, 2018).
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Central China: Gansu, Henan, Hubei, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi and Sichuan Status: Data Deficient (IUCN Red List, 2014).
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Kirghiz apple
Mountains of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, and Afghanistan
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The Korean peninsula and the Changbai Mountains of Jilin, China Status: Endangered (IUCN Red List, 2015).
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Changchiang River apple
South-western China: north-western Yunnan, south-western Sichuan and Tibet Status: Data Deficient (IUCN Red List, 2014).
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Caucasian crabapple
Türkiye, the Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and southern Russia) and northern Iran Status: Data Deficient (IUCN Red List, 2014).
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Pratt's crabapple
South-western China: western Sichuan and north-western Yunnan Status: Data Deficient (IUCN Red List, 2014).
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Chinese apple; Plumleaf crabapple; Pearleaf crabapple
Northern and central China, from Liaoning and Inner Mongolia to Qinghai and Guizhou; grown, and naturalised in places, far beyond Status: Data Deficient (IUCN Red List, 2014).
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South-western China and the eastern Himalaya: Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet and Guizhou, and Bhutan Status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, 2017).
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Sikkim crab; Sikkim crabapple
Eastern Himalaya and south-western China: Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, north-eastern India, Tibet, Sichuan and Yunnan Status: Data Deficient (IUCN Red List, 2014).
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Chinese flowering crab; Asiatic apple
Northern and eastern China, from Liaoning and Hebei to Shaanxi, Qinghai, Yunnan and Zhejiang; unknown as a certainly wild plant Status: Data Deficient (IUCN Red List, 2014).
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Japan: Mount Kirishima in southern Kyushu Status: Critically Endangered (IUCN Red List, 2020).
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Toringo crabapple; Siebold crabapple; Japanese crabapple
Japan, Korea, Sakhalin and much of central, eastern and southern China Status: Data Deficient (IUCN Red List, 2014).
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Cut-leaf crabapple
Western China and the eastern Himalaya: Gansu, Shaanxi, western Sichuan and south-eastern Tibet Status: Data Deficient (IUCN Red List, 2014).
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Northern and western China: Gansu, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Sichuan, Yunnan and eastern Tibet Status: Data Deficient (IUCN Red List, 2014).
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Lebanese wild apple; Three-lobed crab; Deer apple; Turkish apple
Eastern Mediterranean: the eastern Rhodopes of Bulgaria, Greek Thrace, western and southern Anatolia, Lebanon, Syria and northern Galilee Status: Near Threatened (IUCN Red List, 2017).
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Turkmenistan, where it was described from the Kopet Dag, to Afghanistan
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Yunnan crab; Yunnan crabapple
Western and central China, from Shaanxi and Hubei to Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and Tibet, and into Myanmar Status: Data Deficient (IUCN Red List, 2014).