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Quince

Cydonia oblonga

726Records since 2000
MayPeak month
68Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar4
Apr111
May154
Jun78
Jul121
Aug114
Sep122
Oct20
Nov2
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Kent England44
2Suffolk England29
3Oxfordshire England29
4Devon England28
5Cambridgeshire England27
6Somerset England25
7Norfolk England23
8Gloucestershire England20
9Essex England19
10Herefordshire, County of England13
11North Yorkshire England12
12York England12
13Isle of Wight England12
14Surrey England11
15Lincolnshire England10
20 England

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 68 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
726
Peak month
May
Counties with records
68
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Cydonia oblonga
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
110
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Cydonia
Name with authority
Cydonia oblonga Mill.
Contributing datasets
6

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q43300 · GBIF 5362215