[3] It has been shown to be the same as C. pedicellata,[3] and under the rules of botanical nomenclature, the older name (C. coccinea) should be used.

Sargent's lectotype opinion was followed by other authors until he realized his error and corrected it in 1909.

[3] For almost 100 years, particularly since 1910, this species was generally called Crataegus pedicellata Sarg.

[3] Linnaeus's original description was inadequate to make a decision between various unrelated species, including C. nigra, C. phaenopyrum, and C. mollis.

A component of the 2003 lectotype decision was that John Claudius Loudon had founded series Coccineae on C. coccinea, which includes C. pedicellata, to which Linnaeus's specimen 187 of the Clifford Herbarium (now at the British Museum) is considered to belong.