Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants
3333.000 Cotoneaster
Stace, C.A. (1997) New Flora of the British Isles. 2nd edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Description of the genus
Unarmed shrubs. Stipules caducous. Leaves simple, entire. Flowers solitary, in cymose clusters or corymbs. Petals 5, white or pink. Carpels 2-5; ovules 2 in each carpel. Styles 2-5. Fruit with mealy flesh, red (in ours) with 2-5 pyrenes. Worldwide: 261 species in the temperate Old World Zimbabwe: 6 cultivated taxa. |
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Links to cultivated taxa View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| franchetii Bois | |
| horizontalis Decne. | |
| lacteus W.W. Smith | |
| microphyllus (Wall.) Lindl. | |
| pannosus Franch. | Description, Image |
| salicifolius Franch. |
Other sources of information about Cotoneaster:
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CotoneasterBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cotoneaster
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cotoneaster
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Cotoneaster
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Cotoneaster
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cotoneaster
JSTOR Plant Science: Cotoneaster
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cotoneaster
Plants of the World Online: Cotoneaster
Tropicos: Cotoneaster
Wikipedia: Cotoneaster