3333.000 Cotoneaster Medik.

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: 2 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
franchetii Bois	C
pannosus Franch.	C,E	Description, Image

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Cotoneaster
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cotoneaster
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