{"id":1372508,"date":"2016-11-25T10:10:20","date_gmt":"2016-11-25T10:10:20","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:23:32","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T12:53:32","slug":"cotoneaster-nepalensis","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/cotoneaster-nepalensis\/","title":{"rendered":"Cotoneaster nepalensis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cotoneaster nepalensis<\/i> Andr\u00e9, 95 1875 <\/i>according to Fryer & Hylmo as per efi thread<\/a>;<\/div>\n
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Cotoneaster nepalensis<\/i> is recorded from H.P. and Uttaranachal as per efi thread<\/a>;<\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
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Fwd: Cotoneasters 3: Cotoneaster nepalensis<\/a> : 4 posts by 2 authors.<\/div>\n
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I have come across a third Cotoneaster sent\u00a0by Krishan which does seem to fit, so kindly post the following. There is a grave accent over the e in Andre the author immediately below\u00a0but I do not know how to add this – perhaps you do.:
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The late Krishan Lal\u00a0sent these images a few years ago.\u00a0He thought this plant was Cotoneaster\u00a0acuminatus<\/i> but it is in fact Cotoneaster nepalensis<\/b><\/i> Andre (syn. C.stracheyi<\/i> G.Klotz).
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It belongs to the Acuminati section, as does C.acuminata<\/u>.<\/font>\u00a0 <\/div>\n
Distributed from Himachal Pradesh to Uttarkhand and Nepal<\/font> – though the species is not included in ‘The Enumeration of the Flowering Plants of Nepal’ Vol II (1979).<\/div>\n
These images were taken at 3300m in Himachal Pradesh<\/font> by Krishan but he did not say where.<\/div>\n
Fryer in ‘Cotoneasters’ (2009) says this species was described in France in 1875 but overlooked for a century. it has been in cultivation since at least 1830 commonly but incorrectly under the name Cotoneaster acuminatus<\/i> and reported to be commonly naturalised in Central Europe.<\/font><\/div>\n
She says that Cotoneaster nepalensis<\/i> is a beautiful sight with its large, shiny, drop-shaped fruit and yellow-gold leaves in the autumn sunshine.<\/div>\n
A pity Krishan did not take photos showing the overall habit of this multi-stemmed shrub nor any of the habitat or the underside of the leaves (which are densely villous).\u00a0 I urge all those who post images of plants to this site to not only take\/send close-ups of fruits or flowers – photos of the rest of the plant are important.\u00a0Sometimes without such images it is impossible to confirm which species a plant belongs to and often take those of us attempting to identify them, much longer.<\/font><\/p>\n
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In view of your remarks,\u00a0Cotoneaster<\/i> nepalensis<\/i> Andr may have been wrongly shown as a synonym<\/font><\/a> of Cotoneaster<\/i> acuminatus<\/i> Wall. ex Lindl.<\/font><\/a> in The Plant List Ver.1.1<\/font><\/a>\u00a0 GRIN<\/font><\/a> \u00a0Flora of China<\/font><\/a>\u00a0 Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal<\/font><\/a>\u00a0and Catalogue of Life<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n
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See my\u00a0general comments\u00a0within your inquiry about C.humilis<\/i>.<\/div>\n
The book has Cotoneaster nepalensis<\/b><\/i> Andre\u00a0as a separate species (syn. C.stracheyi<\/i> G.Klotz).<\/div>\n
Cotoneaster acuminatus<\/i> Lindley.\u00a0 There has been confusion between the two species.\u00a0 Several descriptions of C.acuminatus<\/i> are unfortunately based on C.nepalensis<\/i>. <\/div>\n
The two species are fairly easy to separate:\u00a0C.nepalensis<\/i> has fertile shoots 15-35mm, with 2-8 flowers<\/font> whereas those of C.acuminatus<\/i> are mostly 10-20 mm with single or paired flowers.<\/font>\u00a0There are other differences.<\/div>\n
The latter species has been recorded from Nepal, Sikkim possibly also Pakistan.<\/font><\/div>\n
C.nepalensis<\/i> is recorded from Nepal, H.P. and Uttaranachal.<\/font><\/div>\n
Perhaps, if you have any doubts, you could\u00a0put “according to Fryer & Hylmo”?<\/p>\n
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Fwd: Cotoneaster nepalensis Andre in H.P.<\/a> : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments<\/span> (<\/font>4<\/font><\/span>)<\/font><\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n
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4 images taken by the Late Krishan\u00a0Lal\u00a0@ 3300m in H.P. (no location given) – thought to be Cotoneaster acuminatus<\/i>.<\/div>\n
C.nepalensis<\/i> Andre is within is within Series Acuminati.<\/div>\n
Recorded from H.P., Uttarakhand & Nepal.<\/font><\/div>\n
Described in France in 1875, was over looked for over a hundred years.\u00a0It has been in cultivation since at least 1830, <\/font>commonly but incorrectly under the name C.acuminatus<\/i>.\u00a0 A <\/font>mistake was made in an early description.<\/font><\/div>\n
The TYPE specimen was collected in Nepal.<\/font><\/p>\n
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Rosaceae Fortnight- Cotoneaster acuminatus from Himachal-GSG21\/Sept 2015<\/font><\/a> : <\/span>1 post by 1 author. Attachments<\/span> (1)<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Cotoneaster acuminatus<\/i>. Photographed from near Narkanda.<\/font><\/p>\n
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Jeanette Fryer has DETERMINED this as Cotoneaster\u00a0nepalensis<\/i> Andre – this is the same Series ACUMINATI as C.acuminatus<\/i> but a separate species – the two taxa have been mixed-up in the past.<\/div>\n
Fryer states in her book on Cotoneasters under C.acuminatus<\/i> that several descriptions of C.acuminatus<\/i> are unfortunately based on C.nepalensis<\/i>.\u00a0The two species can be separated on the basis that C.nepalensis<\/font><\/i><\/font> has fertile shoots 15-35mm with 2-8 flowers,<\/font> whereas those of C.acuminatus<\/i> are mostly 10-20 mm, with single or paired flowers.<\/font>\u00a0 According to the Cotoneaster<\/i> book C.acuminatus<\/i> is recorded from Nepal, Sikkim & Ladakh possible also Pakistan.\u00a0<\/font> I cannot but wonder about Sikkim and Ladakh as a distribution?<\/div>\n
The above image – there is only a single image with flowers not fully opened, no shots of undersides of leaves nor sterile shoots\u00a0which makes it harder to reliably name – but clearly with more than 2 flowers.<\/div>\n
Cotoneaster nepalensis<\/i> is recorded from H.P. and Uttaranachal.<\/font><\/div>\n
Please note that there is also C.parkeri<\/i>, which is closely related to C.acuminatus<\/i>.<\/p>\n
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Thanks … for getting the species determined from the expert. I’ll update my records accordingly.<\/p>\n

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