''Cotoneaster'' is a
genus of
flowering plants in the rose family,
Rosaceae
Rosaceae (), the rose family, is a medium-sized family of flowering plants that includes 4,828 known species in 91 genera.
The name is derived from the type genus ''Rosa''. Among the most species-rich genera are ''Alchemilla'' (270), ''Sorbus ...
,
native to the
Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China and the Himalayas.
[Flora of China]
''Cotoneaster''
(includes most of the world's ''Cotoneaster'' species) ''www.efloras.org'' They are related to
hawthorns (''Crataegus''),
firethorn
''Pyracantha'' (from Greek "fire" and "thorn", hence firethorn) is a genus of large, thorny evergreen shrubs in the family Rosaceae, with common names firethorn or pyracantha. They are native to an area extending from Southwest Europe east t ...
s (''Pyracantha''),
photinia
''Photinia'' () is a genus of about 30 species of small trees and large shrubs, but the taxonomy has recently varied greatly, with the genera ''Heteromeles'', ''Stranvaesia'' and ''Aronia'' sometimes included in ''Photinia''.
They are a part of ...
s (''Photinia''), and
rowans (''Sorbus'').
Depending on the species definition used, between 70 and 300 different species of ''Cotoneaster'' are described, with many
apomictic
In botany, apomixis is asexual reproduction without fertilization. Its etymology is Greek for "away from" + "mixing". This definition notably does not mention meiosis. Thus "normal asexual reproduction" of plants, such as propagation from cuttin ...
microspecies treated as
species by some authors, but only as
varieties by others.
[Bean, W. J. (1976). ''Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles'' 8th edition. John Murray .]
The majority of species are shrub
A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees ...
s from tall, varying from ground-hugging prostrate plants to erect shrubs; a few, notably ''C. frigidus'', are small trees up to tall and trunk diameter. The prostrate species are mostly alpine plants growing at high altitudes (e.g. ''C. integrifolius'', which grows at in the Himalayas), while the larger species occur in scrub and woodland gaps at lower altitudes.
Description
The shoots are dimorphic, with long shoots ( long) producing structural branch growth, and short shoots ( long) bearing the flowers; this pattern often developing a 'herringbone' form of branching. The leaves are arranged alternately, long, ovate to lanceolate in shape, entire; both evergreen and deciduous species occur.
The flowers are produced in late spring through early summer, solitary or in corymbs of up to 100 together. The flower is either fully open or has its five petals half open diameter. They may be any shade from white through creamy white to light pink to dark pink to almost red, 10–20 stamens and up to five styles. The fruit is a small pome
In botany, a pome is a type of fruit produced by flowering plants in the subtribe Malinae of the family Rosaceae. Well-known pomes include the apple, pear, and quince.
Etymology
The word ''pome'' entered English in the late 14th century, and re ...
diameter, pink or bright red, orange or even maroon or black when mature, containing one to three (rarely up to five) seeds.[Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan .] Fruit on some species stays on until the following year.
Wildlife value
''Cotoneaster'' species are used as larval food plants by some Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera ( ) is an order (biology), order of insects that includes butterfly, butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans). About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera are described, in 126 Family (biology), families and 46 Taxonomic r ...
species including grey dagger, mottled umber, short-cloaked moth, winter moth, and hawthorn moth
''Scythropia crataegella'', the hawthorn moth, is a species of moth in the family Plutellidae from western Eurasia. It is usually placed in a small subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliar ...
. The flowers attract bees and butterflies and the fruits are eaten by birds.
Although relatively few species are native there, in the UK and Ireland, ''Cotoneaster'' species are used, along with the related genus '' Pyracantha'', as a valuable source of nectar
Nectar is a sugar-rich liquid produced by plants in glands called nectaries or nectarines, either within the flowers with which it attracts pollinating animals, or by extrafloral nectaries, which provide a nutrient source to animal mutualists ...
when often the bees
Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamil ...
have little other forage in the June gap. Bees adore ''Cotoneaster''. The red berries are also highly attractive to blackbirds and other thrushes.
Cultivation and uses
Cotoneasters are very popular garden shrubs, grown for their attractive habit and decorative fruit. Some cultivars are of known parentage, such as the very popular ''Cotoneaster'' × ''watereri'' Exell (Waterer's cotoneaster; '' C. frigidus'' × '' C. salicifolius''), while others are of mixed or unknown heritage.[
Cotoneaster are also popular in the cultivation of bonsai trees, thanks to their hardiness, ability to fruit and flower, and their small leaf size.
The following species and cultivars have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's ]Award of Garden Merit
The Award of Garden Merit (AGM) is a long-established annual award for plants by the British Royal Horticultural Society (RHS). It is based on assessment of the plants' performance under UK growing conditions.
History
The Award of Garden Merit ...
:-
*'' Cotoneaster atropurpureus'' 'Variegatus'
*''Cotoneaster conspicuus
''Cotoneaster conspicuus'' (Tibetan cotoneaster, 大果栒子 ''da guo xun zi'') is a slow-growing, densely-branched, evergreen shrub native to southeast Tibet. It grows to 1 to 1.5 meters in height, with white five-stellate flowers followed by s ...
'' 'Decorus'
*''Cotoneaster'' 'Cornubia'
*''Cotoneaster lacteus
''Cotoneaster lacteus'', the late cotoneaster or milkflower cotoneaster, is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Cotoneaster'' of the family Rosaceae, native to the Yunnan Province of China. It is a large evergreen shrub growing to tall a ...
''
*''Cotoneaster procumbens
''Cotoneaster microphyllus'', the small-leaved cotoneaster or rockspray cotoneaster, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae
Rosaceae (), the rose family, is a medium-sized family of flowering plants that includes 4,828 known ...
'' 'Queen of Carpets'
*''Cotoneaster'' 'Rothschildianus'
*''Cotoneaster salicifolius
''Cotoneaster salicifolius'', the willow-leaved cotoneaster, is a drought-tolerant, evergreen to semi-evergreen, low-lying, small to medium-sized shrub with an arched branching habit. Specimens growing in the wild, however, are generally larger, ...
'' 'Gnom'
*''Cotoneaster salicifolius'' 'Pink Champagne'
*'' Cotoneaster sternianus''
*''Cotoneaster'' × ''suecicus'' 'Coral Beauty'
*''Cotoneaster'' × ''suecicus'' 'Juliette'
Invasiveness
Many species have escaped from cultivation and become invasive weeds
An invasive species otherwise known as an alien is an introduced species, introduced organism that becomes overpopulated and harms its new environment. Although most introduced species are neutral or beneficial with respect to other species, i ...
where climatic conditions are suitable for them, such as the many Chinese species naturalised in northwestern Europe.[ ''C. glaucophyllus'' has become an ]invasive weed
An invasive species otherwise known as an alien is an introduced organism that becomes overpopulated and harms its new environment. Although most introduced species are neutral or beneficial with respect to other species, invasive species adv ...
in Australia and California. ''C. simonsii'' is listed on the New Zealand National Pest Plant Accord preventing its sale and distribution because of its invasiveness. On Portland, Dorset, UK, it has become invasive and is regularly culled to prevent damage to the Jurassic Coast.
Nomenclature and classification
The genus name ''Cotoneaster'' derives from ''cotoneum'', a Latin name for the quince
The quince (; ''Cydonia oblonga'') is the sole member of the genus ''Cydonia'' in the Malinae subtribe (which also contains apples and pears, among other fruits) of the Rosaceae family (biology), family. It is a deciduous tree that bears hard ...
, and the suffix ''-aster'', 'resembling'. The name is correctly masculine, though in some older works it was wrongly treated as feminine, resulting in different name endings for many of the species (e.g.''Cotoneaster integerrima'' instead of ''Cotoneaster integerrimus'').[
The genus is often divided into two or more sections, though the situation is complicated by hybridisation:][
*''Cotoneaster'' sect. ''Cotoneaster'' (syn. sect. ''Orthopetalum''). Flowers solitary or up to 6 together; petals forward-pointing, often tinged pink. Mostly smaller shrubs.
*''Cotoneaster'' sect. ''Chaenopetalum''. Flowers more than 20 together in corymbs; petals opening flat, creamy white. Mostly larger shrubs.
]
Selected species
* ''Cotoneaster acuminatus
''Cotoneaster acuminatus'', commonly known as acuminate cotoneaster, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae that is native to the Himalayas. In forests it can be found at elevations of , while on hillsides it is found at . The spe ...
'' Lindl.
* ''Cotoneaster acutifolius
''Cotoneaster acutifolius'', the Peking cotoneaster, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae
Rosaceae (), the rose family, is a medium-sized family of flowering plants that includes 4,828 known species in 91 genera.
The name ...
'' Turcz. – Peking cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster acutiusculus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' Pojark.
* ''Cotoneaster adpressus
''Cotoneaster adpressus'', commonly known as creeping cotoneaster, is a species of flowering plant in the genus '' Cotoneaster'' of the family Rosaceae, native to western China. It is a prostrate, dense, deciduous shrub growing to wide. It has m ...
'' Bois – creeping cotoneaster
* '' Cotoneaster aestivalis'' (Walter) Wenz.
* ''Cotoneaster affinis
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' Lindl. – purpleberry cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster afghanicus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster aitchisoni
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' C.K.Schneid.
* ''Cotoneaster alashanensis
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern Chin ...
'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster alatavicus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' Popov
* ''Cotoneaster alaunicus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' Golitsin
* ''Cotoneaster albokermesinus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster allanderi
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' J.Fryer
* ''Cotoneaster allochrous
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' Pojark.
* ''Cotoneaster altaicus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster ambiguus
''Cotoneaster ambiguus'', the dubious cotoneaster, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae, native to central China and Inner Mongolia, and introduced to Belgium and Norway. A shrub of dense forests, it is morphologically intermedi ...
'' Rehder & E.H.Wilson
* '' Cotoneaster amoenus'' E.H.Wilson – beautiful cotoneaster
* '' Cotoneaster amphigenus'' Chaten.
* ''Cotoneaster annapurnae
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* '' Cotoneaster angustifolius'' Franch.
* ''Cotoneaster angustus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native plant, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwe ...
'' (T.T.Yu) G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster antoninae
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' Juz. & N.I.Orlova
* ''Cotoneaster apiculatus
''Cotoneaster apiculatus'', the cranberry cotoneaster, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae
Rosaceae (), the rose family, is a medium-sized family of flowering plants that includes 4,828 known species in 91 genera.
The na ...
'' Rehder & E.H.Wilson – cranberry cotoneaster or apiculate cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster applanatus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' Duthie ex J.H.Veitch
* ''Cotoneaster arborescens
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' Zabel.
* ''Cotoneaster arbusculus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster argenteus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster armenus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' Pojark.
* ''Cotoneaster arvernensis
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' Gand.
* ''Cotoneaster ascendens
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' Flinck & B.Hylmö – ascending cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster assadii
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' Khat.
* '' Cotoneaster assamensis'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster astrophoros
''Cotoneaster microphyllus'', the small-leaved cotoneaster or rockspray cotoneaster, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. It is native to the Indian Subcontinent, Tibet, Sichuan, and Yunnan in China, and Myanmar, and it has bee ...
'' J.Fryer & E.C.Nelson – starry cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster ataensis
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* '' Cotoneaster atlanticus'' G.Klotz
* '' Cotoneaster atropurpureus'' Flinck & B.Hylmö – purple-flowered cotoneaster
* '' Cotoneaster atrovirens'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster atuntzensis
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster auranticus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* '' Cotoneaster bacillaris'' Wall. ex Lindl. – open-fruited cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster baenitzii
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' Pax
* ''Cotoneaster bakeri
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster balticus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster bilokonii
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native plant, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwe ...
'' Grevtsova
* ''Cotoneaster bisramianus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster bitahaiensis
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster blinii
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' H.Lév.
* '' Cotoneaster bodinieri'' H.Lév.
* ''Cotoneaster boisianus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' G.Klotz – Bois's cotoneaster
* '' Cotoneaster borealichinensis'' (Hurus.) Hurus.
* ''Cotoneaster borealis
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' Petz. & G.Kirchn.
* '' Cotoneaster brachypodus'' Pojark. ex Zakirov
* ''Cotoneaster bradyi
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' E.C.Nelson J.Fryer – Brady's cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster brandisii
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' G.Klotz
* '' Cotoneaster brevirameus'' Rehder & Wilson
* ''Cotoneaster brickelli
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster browiczii
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster bullatus
''Cotoneaster bullatus'', the hollyberry cotoneaster, is a species of shrub in the genus ''Cotoneaster'' within the Rosaceae, rose family. Its natural range is in Western China (provinces of Hubei, Sichuan, Xizang, and Yunnan), where it is found ...
'' Bois – hollyberry cotoneaster
* '' Cotoneaster bumthangensis'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster burmanicus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster buxifolius
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' Wall. ex Lindl. – box-leaved cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster californicus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' A.Murray bis
* '' Cotoneaster calocarpus'' (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) Flinck & B.Hylmö – Sikang cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster cambricus
''Cotoneaster cambricus'' (wild cotoneaster; Welsh: ''Creigafal y Gogarth'' "rock apple of Gogarth") is a species of ''Cotoneaster'' endemic to the Great Orme peninsula in north Wales. It is the only species of ''Cotoneaster'' native to the Briti ...
'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö – wild cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster camilli-schneideri
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' Pojark.
* ''Cotoneaster campanulatus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster canescens
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' Vestergr. ex B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster capsicinus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster cardinalis
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster cashmiriensis
''Cotoneaster microphyllus'', the small-leaved cotoneaster or rockspray cotoneaster, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. It is native to the Indian Subcontinent, Tibet, Sichuan, and Yunnan in China, and Myanmar, and it has bee ...
'' G.Klotz – Kashmir cotoneaster
* '' Cotoneaster cavei'' G.Klotz
* '' Cotoneaster chaffanjonii'' H.Lév.
* ''Cotoneaster chailaricus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' (G.Klotz) Flinck & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster chengkangensis
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' T.T.Yu
* ''Cotoneaster chrysobotrys
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' Hand. – Mazz.
* '' Cotoneaster chulingensis'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster chungtiensis
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster cinerascens
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' (Rehder) Flinck & B.Hylmö
* '' Cotoneaster cinnabarinus'' Juz.
* '' Cotoneaster coadunatus'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* '' Cotoneaster coccineus'' Steud.
* ''Cotoneaster cochleatus
''Cotoneaster cochleatus'', the Yunnan cotoneaster, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. It is native to rocky slopes in Tibet, Sichuan, and Yunnan in China, and it has been introduced to the United Kingdom, Belgium and New Yor ...
'' (Franch.) G.Klotz – Yunnan cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster commixtus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' (C.K.Schneid.) Flinck & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster comptus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' Lem.
* ''Cotoneaster confusus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster congestus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' Baker – congested cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster conspicuus
''Cotoneaster conspicuus'' (Tibetan cotoneaster, 大果栒子 ''da guo xun zi'') is a slow-growing, densely-branched, evergreen shrub native to southeast Tibet. It grows to 1 to 1.5 meters in height, with white five-stellate flowers followed by s ...
'' C.Marquand – Tibetan cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster convexus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster cooperi
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' C.Marquand – Cooper's cotoneaster
* '' Cotoneaster cordatus'' Focke
* ''Cotoneaster cordifolioides
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster cordifolius
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' G.Klotz
* '' Cotoneaster coreanus'' H.Lév.
* ''Cotoneaster coriaceus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' Franch.
* ''Cotoneaster cornifolius
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' Rehder & E.H.Wilson
* ''Cotoneaster cossineus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' Steud.
* ''Cotoneaster crenulatus
''Pyracantha crenulata'', the Nepalese firethorn, Nepal firethorn or Himalayan firethorn, is a species of firethorn. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant. The leaves are used to make herbal tea. The wood can be used to make walking sticks. The ...
'' (D.Don) K.Koch
* ''Cotoneaster creticus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster crispii
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' Exell
* ''Cotoneaster cuilus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' Lee ex K.Koch
* ''Cotoneaster cuspidatus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' C.Marquand ex J.Fryer
* ''Cotoneaster daliensis
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster dammeri
''Cotoneaster dammeri'', the bearberry cotoneaster, is a species of flowering plant in the genus '' Cotoneaster'', belonging to the family Rosaceae, native to central and southern China (Gansu, Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan, Tibet and Yunnan) and natur ...
'' C.K.Schneid. – bearberry cotoneaster
* '' Cotoneaster daralagesicus'' Grevtsova
* '' Cotoneaster davidianus'' hort. ex Dippel
* ''Cotoneaster decandrus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster declinatus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China an ...
'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster degenensis
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern Chin ...
'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster delavayanus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster delphinensis
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' Chatenier
* ''Cotoneaster denticulatus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' Kunth
* ''Cotoneaster dielsianus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' E.Pritz. ex Diels – Diels' cotoneaster
* '' Cotoneaster difficilis'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster discolor
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' Pojark.
* ''Cotoneaster dissimilis
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster distichus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' Lange
* ''Cotoneaster divaricatus
''Cotoneaster divaricatus'', the spreading cotoneaster, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. It is native to China, and has been introduced to Ontario in Canada, the Midwest United States, northern and central Europe, Kenya, an ...
'' Rehder & E.H.Wilson – spreading cotoneaster
* '' Cotoneaster dojamensis'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster dokeriensis
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster drogochius
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native plant, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwe ...
'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster duthieanus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' (C.K.Schneid.) G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster elatus
''Cotoneaster microphyllus'', the small-leaved cotoneaster or rockspray cotoneaster, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. It is native to the Indian Subcontinent, Tibet, Sichuan, and Yunnan in China, and Myanmar, and it has bee ...
'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster elegans
''Cotoneaster elegans'' is a plant species in the genus '' Cotoneaster'' found in dense forests (2000–3000 m) in Guizhou and Sichuan, China. '' (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) Flinck & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster ellipticus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' (Lindl.) Loudon – Lindley's cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster emarginatus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native plant, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwe ...
'' hort. ex K.Koch
* ''Cotoneaster emeiensis
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster encavei
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster eriocarpus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' hort.
* ''Cotoneaster erratus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster erzincanicus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' J.Fryer
* ''Cotoneaster esfandiarii
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' Khat.
* ''Cotoneaster esquirolii
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' H.Lév.
* ''Cotoneaster estonicus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster falconeri
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster fangianus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' T.T.Yu – Fang's cotoneaster
* '' Cotoneaster farreri'' Klotzsch
* '' Cotoneaster fastigiatus'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster favargeri
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster fletcheri
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster flinckii
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster floccosus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) Flinck & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster floridus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster fontanesii
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' Grossh.
* '' Cotoneaster formosanus'' Hayata
* ''Cotoneaster forrestii
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster fortunei
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' Wenz.
* ''Cotoneaster foveolatus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' Rehder & E.H.Wilson
* ''Cotoneaster franchetii
''Cotoneaster franchetii'' ( Franchet's cotoneaster or orange cotoneaster) is a species of '' Cotoneaster'' native to southwestern China, in the provinces of Guizhou, Sichuan, Tibet, and Yunnan, and also in adjacent northern Myanmar and northern ...
'' Bois – Franchet's cotoneaster or orange cotoneaster
* '' Cotoneaster frigidus'' Wall. ex Lindl. – tree cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster froebelii
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' Vilm.
* '' Cotoneaster fruticosus'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster fulvidus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' (W.W.Sm.) G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster gamblei
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' G.Klotz
* '' Cotoneaster ganghobaensis'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* '' Cotoneaster garhwalensis'' G.Klotz
* '' Cotoneaster genitianus'' Hurus. ex Nakai
* ''Cotoneaster gesneri
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' Kirschl.
* ''Cotoneaster gilgitensis
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster girardii
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native plant, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwe ...
'' Flinck & B.Hylmö ex G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster glabratus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native plant, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwe ...
'' Rehder & E.H.Wilson – glabrous cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster glacialis
''Cotoneaster microphyllus'', the small-leaved cotoneaster or rockspray cotoneaster, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. It is native to the Indian Subcontinent, Tibet, Sichuan, and Yunnan in China, and Myanmar, and it has bee ...
'' (Hook.f. ex Wenz.) Panigrahi & Arv.Kumar
* '' Cotoneaster glaucophyllus'' Franch. – glaucous cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster globosus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' (Hurus.) G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster glomerulatus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' W.W.Sm.
* '' Cotoneaster goloskokovii'' Pojark.
* ''Cotoneaster gonggashanensis
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster gotlandicus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster gracilis
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' Rehder & E.H.Wilson
* '' Cotoneaster grammontii'' hort. ex K.Koch
* ''Cotoneaster granatensis
''Cotoneaster granatensis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae that can be found in Algeria, Morocco, Spain and Tunisia. It was described in 1836.
Description
The species is with its fertile shoots long. Its pedicel
...
'' Boiss
* ''Cotoneaster griffithii
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' G.Klotz
* '' Cotoneaster guanmenensis'' J.Fryer
* '' Cotoneaster handel-mazzettii'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster harrovianus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' E.H.Wilson
* '' Cotoneaster harrysmithii'' Flinck & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster hebephyllus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' Diels
* ''Cotoneaster hedegaardii
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster henryanus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' (C.K.Schneid.) Rehder & E.H.Wilson – Henry's cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster hersianus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* '' Cotoneaster heterophyllus'' J.Fryer
* ''Cotoneaster hicksii
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster himaleiensis
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' hort. ex Zabel
* '' Cotoneaster himalayensis'' hort. ex Lavallee
* '' Cotoneaster hissaricus'' Pojark. – circular-leaved cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster hjelmqvistii
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native plant, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwe ...
'' Flinck & B.Hylmö – Hjelmqvist's cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster hodjingensis
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China a ...
'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster hookeri
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' hort. ex Zabel
* '' Cotoneaster hookerianus'' hort. ex Lavallee
* ''Cotoneaster horizontalis
''Cotoneaster horizontalis'' is a species of flowering plant in the genus '' Cotoneaster'' of the family Rosaceae.
Description
''Cotoneaster horizontalis'' is a short shrub with a spreading habit, growing to tall by wide. It is cultivated for ...
'' Decne. – wall cotoneaster or rock cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster hsingshangensis
''Cotoneaster ambiguus'', the dubious cotoneaster, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae, native to central China and Inner Mongolia, and introduced to Belgium and Norway. A shrub of dense forests, it is morphologically intermedi ...
'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö – Hsing-Shan cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster hualiensis
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster humifusus
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China ...
'' Duthie ex J.H.Veitch
* ''Cotoneaster humilis'' Donn
* ''Cotoneaster hummelii'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö – Hummel's cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster hunanensis'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster hupehensis'' Rehder & E.H.Wilson – Hupeh cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster hurusawaianus'' G.Klotz – Hurusawa's cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster hylanderi'' B.Hylmö & J.Fryer
* ''Cotoneaster hymalaicus'' Carriere
* ''Cotoneaster hylmoei'' Flinck & J.Fryer – Hylmö's cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster hypocarpus'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster ichangensis'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster ignavus'' E.L.Wolf
* ''Cotoneaster ignescens'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö – firebird cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster ignotus'' G.Klotz – black-grape cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster improvisus'' Klotzsch
* ''Cotoneaster incanus'' (W.W.Sm.) G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster induratus'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö – hardy cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster inexspectus'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster insculptus'' Diels – engraved cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster insignis'' Pojark.
* ''Cotoneaster insignoides'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster insolitus'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster integerrimus'' Medik.
* ''Cotoneaster integrifolius'' (Roxb.) G.Klotz – entire-leaved cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster intermedius'' (Lecoq. & Lamotte) H.J.Coste
* ''Cotoneaster japonicus'' hort. ex Dippel
* ''Cotoneaster juranus'' Gand.
* ''Cotoneaster kaganensis'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster kamaoensis'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster kangtinensis'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster kansuensis'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster karatavicus'' Pojark.
* ''Cotoneaster karelicus'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster kaschkarovii'' Pojark.
* ''Cotoneaster kerstanii'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster khasiensis'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster kingdonii'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster kirgizicus'' Grevtsova
* ''Cotoneaster kitaibelii'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster klotzii'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster koizumii'' Hayata
* ''Cotoneaster kongboensis'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster konishii'' Hayata
* ''Cotoneaster kotschyi'' (C.K.Schneid.) G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster krasnovii'' Pojark.
* ''Cotoneaster kullensis'' B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster kweitschoviensis'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster lacei'' Klotzsch
* ''Cotoneaster lacteus
''Cotoneaster lacteus'', the late cotoneaster or milkflower cotoneaster, is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Cotoneaster'' of the family Rosaceae, native to the Yunnan Province of China. It is a large evergreen shrub growing to tall a ...
'' W.W.Sm. – milkflower cotoneaster or late cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster laetevirens'' (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster laevis'' hort. ex Steud.
* ''Cotoneaster lambertii'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster lamprofolius'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster lanatus'' hort. ex Regel
* ''Cotoneaster lancasteri'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster langei'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster langtangensis'' B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster lanshanensis'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster latifolius'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster laxiflorus'' Jacq. ex Lindl.
* ''Cotoneaster lesliei'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster leveillei'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster lidjiangensis'' G.Klotz – Lidjiang cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster lindleyi'' Steud.
* ''Cotoneaster linearifolius'' (G.Klotz) G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster logginovae'' Grevtsova
* ''Cotoneaster lomahunensis'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster lucidus'' Schltdl. – hedge cotoneaster or shiny cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster ludlowii'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster luristanicus'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster macrocarpus'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster magnificus'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster mairei'' H.Lév. – Maire's cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster majusculus'' (W.W.Sm.) G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster marginatus'' (Loudon) Schltdl. – fringed cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster marquandii'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster marroninus'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster mathonnetii'' Gand.
* ''Cotoneaster matrensis'' Domokos
* ''Cotoneaster megalocarpus'' Popov
* ''Cotoneaster meiophyllus'' (W.W.Sm.) G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster melanocarpus'' Lodd. – black-fruited cotoneaster or black cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster melanotrichus'' (Franch.) G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster meuselii'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster meyeri'' Pojark.
* ''Cotoneaster microcarpus'' (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) Flinck & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster microphyllus'' Wall. ex Lindl. – small-leaved cotoneaster or rockspray cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster milkedandai'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster mingkwongensis'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster miniatus'' (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) Flinck & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster minimus'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster minitomentellus'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster minutus'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster mirabilis'' G.Klotz & Krugel
* ''Cotoneaster misturatus'' J.Fryer
* ''Cotoneaster mongolicus'' Pojark.
* ''Cotoneaster monopyrenus'' (W.W.Sm.) Flinck & B.Hylmö – one-stoned cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster montanus'' Lange ex Dippel
* ''Cotoneaster morrisonensis'' Hayata
* ''Cotoneaster morulus'' Pojark.
* ''Cotoneaster moupinensis'' Franch. – Moupin cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster mucronatus'' Franch. – mucronate cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster muliensis'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster multiflorus'' Bunge – showy cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster nagaensis'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster nakai'' Hayata
* ''Cotoneaster naninitens'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster nanshan'' M.Vilm. ex Mottet – dwarf cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster nantaouensis'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster nanus'' (G.Klotz) G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster narynensis'' Tkatsch. ex J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster nebrodensis'' (Guss.) K.Koch
* ''Cotoneaster nedoluzhkoi'' Tzvelev.
* ''Cotoneaster nefedovii'' Galushko
* ''Cotoneaster neo-antoninae'' A.N.Vassiljeva
* ''Cotoneaster neopopovii'' Czerep.
* ''Cotoneaster nepalensis'' hort. ex K.Koch
* ''Cotoneaster nervosus'' Decne
* ''Cotoneaster nevadensis'' Boiss. ex Steud.
* ''Cotoneaster newryensis'' Lemoine
* ''Cotoneaster niger'' (Wahlenb.) Fries
* ''Cotoneaster nitens'' Rehder & E.H.Wilson – few-flowered cotoneaster or pinkblush cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster nitidifolius'' Marquand
* ''Cotoneaster nitidus'' Jacques – distichous cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster nivalis'' (G.Klotz) G.Panigrahi & A.Kumar
* ''Cotoneaster nohelii'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster notabilis'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster nudiflorus'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster nummularioides'' Pojark.
* ''Cotoneaster nummularius'' Fisch. & Mey.
* ''Cotoneaster obovatus'' Osmaston
* ''Cotoneaster obscurus'' Rehder & E.H.Wilson – bloodberry cotoneaster or obscure cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster obtusisepalus'' Gand.
* ''Cotoneaster obtusus'' Wall. ex Lindl.
* ''Cotoneaster oliganthus'' Pojark.
* ''Cotoneaster oligocarpus'' C.K.Schneid.
* ''Cotoneaster omissus'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster orbicularis'' Schltdl.
* ''Cotoneaster orientalis'' (Mill.) Borbas
* ''Cotoneaster osmastonii'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster ottoschwarzii'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster ovatus'' Pojark.
* ''Cotoneaster pangiensis'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster pannosus'' Franch. – silverleaf cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster paradoxus'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster parkeri'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster parkinsonii'' Panigrahi & Arv.Kumar
* ''Cotoneaster parnassicus'' Boiss. & Heldr.
* ''Cotoneaster parvifolius'' (Hook.f.) Panigrahi & Arv.Kumar
* ''Cotoneaster peduncularis'' Boiss.
* ''Cotoneaster pekinensis'' (Koehne) Zabel
* ''Cotoneaster permutatus'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster perpusillus'' (C.K.Schneid.) Flinck & B.Hylmö – slender cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster poluninii'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster procumbens
''Cotoneaster microphyllus'', the small-leaved cotoneaster or rockspray cotoneaster, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae
Rosaceae (), the rose family, is a medium-sized family of flowering plants that includes 4,828 known ...
'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster prostratus'' Baker – procumbent cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster przewalskii'' Pojark.
* ''Cotoneaster pseudoambiguus'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö – Kangting cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster racemiflorus'' K.Koch – redbead cotoneaster or rockspray cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster radicans'' G.Klotz – rooting cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster rehderi'' Pojark. – bullate cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster reticulatus'' Rehder & E.H.Wilson
* ''Cotoneaster rhytidophyllus'' Rehder & E.H.Wilson
* ''Cotoneaster roseus'' Edgew.
* ''Cotoneaster rotundifolius'' Wall. ex Lindl. – round-leaved cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster rubens'' W.W.Sm.
* ''Cotoneaster salicifolius
''Cotoneaster salicifolius'', the willow-leaved cotoneaster, is a drought-tolerant, evergreen to semi-evergreen, low-lying, small to medium-sized shrub with an arched branching habit. Specimens growing in the wild, however, are generally larger, ...
'' Franch. – willow-leaved cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster salwinensis'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster sanbaensis'' J.Fryer
* ''Cotoneaster sandakphuensis'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster sanguineus'' T.T.Yu
* ''Cotoneaster sargentii'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster saxatilis'' Pojark.
* ''Cotoneaster saxonicus'' B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster scandinavicus'' B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster schantungensis'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster schlechtendalii'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster schubertii'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster serotinus'' Hutch.
* ''Cotoneaster shannanensis'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö – Shannan cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster shansiensis'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster sherriffii'' G.Klotz – Sherriff's cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster sichuanensis'' Klotzsch
* ''Cotoneaster sikangensis'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster sikkimensis'' Mouill.
* ''Cotoneaster silvestrei'' Pamp.
* ''Cotoneaster simonsii'' Baker – Himalayan cotoneaster or Simons' cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster smithii'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster soczavianus'' Pojark.
* ''Cotoneaster soongoricus'' (Regel & Herder) Popov
* ''Cotoneaster sordidus'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster soulieanus'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster spathulatus'' (Michx.) Wenz.
* ''Cotoneaster splendens'' Flinck & B.Hylmö – showy cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster spongbergii'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster staintonii'' G.Klotz
* '' Cotoneaster sternianus'' (Turrill) Boom – Stern's cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster stracheyi'' Klotzsch
* ''Cotoneaster strigosus'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster suavis'' Pojark.
* ''Cotoneaster subacutus'' Pojark.
* ''Cotoneaster subadpressus'' T.T.Yu
* ''Cotoneaster subalpinus'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster submultiflorus'' Popov
* ''Cotoneaster suboblongus'' Gand.
* ''Cotoneaster subuniflorus'' (Kitam.) G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster suecicus'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster svenhedinii'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster taitoensis'' Hayata
* ''Cotoneaster taiwanensis'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster takpoensis'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster taksangensis'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster talgaricus'' Popov
* ''Cotoneaster tanpaensis'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster taoensis'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster tardiflorus'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster tauricus'' Pojark.
* ''Cotoneaster taylorii'' T.T.Yu
* ''Cotoneaster tebbutus'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster teijiashanensis'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster tengyuehensis'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö – Tengyueh cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster tenuipes'' Rehder & E.H.Wilson – slender cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster thimphuensis'' J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
* ''Cotoneaster thymifolius'' Wall. ex Lindl. – thyme-leaved cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster tibeticus'' G.Klotz
* ''Cotoneaster tjuliniae'' Pojark. ex Peschkova
* ''Cotoneaster tkatschenkoi'' Grovtsova
* ''Cotoneaster tomentellus'' Pojark. – short-felted cotoneaster
* ''Cotoneaster tomentosus'' Lindl.[Flora of NW Europe]
''Cotoneaster'' species list
[Flora of Nepal]
''Cotoneaster''
''www.efloras.org''[Flora Europaea]
''Cotoneaster''
''rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk''[Den virtuella floran]
''linnaeus.nrm.se''(in Swedish)
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