''Stranvaesia'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...

s 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 is derived from the type genus ''Rosa''. Among the most species-rich genera are '' Alchemilla'' (270), '' Sorbu ...

. Its

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is so similar to ''

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 ...

'' that it has sometimes been included within that genus, but recent

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data indicate that the two genera are not related.

Species

*'' Stranvaesia amphidoxa'' (syn. ''Photinia amphidoxa'') *'' Stranvaesia davidiana'' (syn. ''Photinia davidiana'') *'' Stranvaesia nussia'' (syn. ''Photinia nussia'') *'' Stranvaesia oblanceolata'' *'' Stranvaesia tomentosa'' (syn. ''Photinia tomentosa'')

References

Rosaceae genera {{maleae-stub