Cotoneaster integrifolius

Cotoneaster integrifolius (Roxb.) Klotz, Wiss. Z. Martin-Luther-Univ. Halle-Wittenberg, Math.-Naturwiss. Reihe 12: 779 (1963) (syn: Caragana integrifolia Roxb.; Cotoneaster buxifolius var. marginatus Loudon; Cotoneaster microphyllus var. conspicuus Messel; Crataegus integrifolia Roxb.; Pyrus asterope M. F. Fay & Christenh.);
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Himalaya to China (Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou): Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya; Introduced into: Austria, California, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Switzerland, Washington as per POWO;
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Bhutan, N-India, Jammu & Kashmir (Poonch, Kashmir), Pakistan (Chitral, Hazara, Murree), Myanmar [Burma], Nepal, Sikkim, Ireland (I), Northern Ireland (I), Austria (I), Germany (I), Great Britain (I) as per Catalogue of Life;
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Rosaceae Fortnight: Cotoneaster integrrimus from California-GSSEP11/11
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Cotoneaster integrrimus Medic.
Deciduous shrub up to 2 m tall with tomentose twigs, later glabrescent; leaves elliptic to orbicular, 3-5 cm long, tomentose beneath; flowers white to pale pink; fruit red, 5-7 mm in diam.
Photographed from California

It needs correction

It is Cotoneaster Integrifolius (Roxb.) Klotz. and not C. integerrimus which is not reported from California.


 

 

References: POWO  Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver.1.1  IPNI  GBIF (High resolution specimens)  Flora of North America  Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal  Wikipedia  NzFlora  Jepson  NCSU

Updated on December 23, 2024

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