Cotoneaster

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Cotoneaster

Cotoneaster is a genus

Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
of woody plant

Woody plant

A woody plant is a Vascular tissue plant that has a Perennial plant Plant stem that is above ground and covered by a layer of thickened bark. Woody plants are adapted to survive from one year to the next; the stem supports continued vegetative growth above ground from one year to next....
s in the rose family, Rosaceae

Rosaceae

The Rosaceae or rose family is a large family of plants, with about 3,000-4,000 species in 100-160 genera. Traditionally it has been divided into four subfamilies: Rosoideae, Spiraeoideae, Maloideae, and Amygdaloideae....
, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia

Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
, Europe

Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
, north Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China

China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
and the Himalaya. They are related to hawthorn

Crataegus

Hawthorn is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe, Asia and North America....
s (Crataegus), firethorns (Pyracantha), photinia

Photinia

'Photinia' is a genus of about 40-60 species of small trees and large shrubs in the Rosaceae family. As interpreted here, they are restricted to warm temperate Asia, from the Himalaya east to Japan and south to India and Thailand, but some botanists also include the closely related North American species Toyon in Photinia as Photinia...
s (Photinia) and rowans

Sorbus

Sorbus is a genus of about 100?200 species of trees and shrubs in the subfamily Maloideae of the Rose family Rosaceae. Species of Sorbus are commonly known as whitebeam, rowan, service tree, and Sorbus aucuparia....
(Sorbus).

Depending on the species definition used, there are between 70 to 300 different species of cotoneaster, with many apomictic

Apomixis

In botany, apomixis is asexual reproduction, without fertilization. In plants with independent gametophytes , apomixis refers to the formation of sporophytes by parthenogenesis of gametophyte cells....
microspecies treated as species by some authors, but only as varieties by others.

The majority of species are shrub

Shrub

A shrub or bush is a horticulture rather than strictly Botany category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 5-6 m tall....
s from tall, varying from ground-hugging prostrate plants to erect shrubs; a few, notably C.

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Cotoneaster is a genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
of woody plant
Woody plant

A woody plant is a Vascular tissue plant that has a Perennial plant Plant stem that is above ground and covered by a layer of thickened bark. Woody plants are adapted to survive from one year to the next; the stem supports continued vegetative growth above ground from one year to next....
s in the rose family, Rosaceae
Rosaceae

The Rosaceae or rose family is a large family of plants, with about 3,000-4,000 species in 100-160 genera. Traditionally it has been divided into four subfamilies: Rosoideae, Spiraeoideae, Maloideae, and Amygdaloideae....
, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
, Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
, north Africa
Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
and the Himalaya. They are related to hawthorn
Crataegus

Hawthorn is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe, Asia and North America....
s (Crataegus), firethorns (Pyracantha), photinia
Photinia

'Photinia' is a genus of about 40-60 species of small trees and large shrubs in the Rosaceae family. As interpreted here, they are restricted to warm temperate Asia, from the Himalaya east to Japan and south to India and Thailand, but some botanists also include the closely related North American species Toyon in Photinia as Photinia...
s (Photinia) and rowans
Sorbus

Sorbus is a genus of about 100?200 species of trees and shrubs in the subfamily Maloideae of the Rose family Rosaceae. Species of Sorbus are commonly known as whitebeam, rowan, service tree, and Sorbus aucuparia....
(Sorbus).

Depending on the species definition used, there are between 70 to 300 different species of cotoneaster, with many apomictic
Apomixis

In botany, apomixis is asexual reproduction, without fertilization. In plants with independent gametophytes , apomixis refers to the formation of sporophytes by parthenogenesis of gametophyte cells....
microspecies treated as species by some authors, but only as varieties by others.

The majority of species are shrub
Shrub

A shrub or bush is a horticulture rather than strictly Botany category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 5-6 m tall....
s from tall, varying from ground-hugging prostrate plants to erect shrubs; a few, notably C. frigidus, are small tree
TREE

TREE was a Boston hardcore punk band formed in the summer of 1990. They were active in the Boston music scene until disbanding in 2002....
s up to tall and trunk diameter. The prostrate species are mostly alpine plants growing at high altitude (e.g. C. integrifolius, which grows at in the Himalayas
Himalayas

The Himalaya Range or Himalayas for short , meaning "abode of snow" ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau....
), while the larger species occur in scrub and woodland gaps at lower altitudes.

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
Leaf

In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant Organ specialized for photosynthesis. For this purpose, a leaf is typically flat and thin, to expose the cells containing chloroplast to light over a broad area, and to allow light to penetrate fully into the tissues....
are arranged alternately, long, ovate to lanceolate, entire; both evergreen
Evergreen

In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant having leaf all year round. This contrasts with deciduous plants, which completely lose their foliage for part of the year....
and deciduous
Deciduous

Deciduous means falling off at maturity or tending to fall off and is typically used in reference to trees or shrubs that lose their leaves seasonally and to the shedding of other plant structures such as petals after flowering or fruit when ripe....
species occur. The flower
Flower

A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproduction structure found in flowering plants . The biological function of a flower is to mediate the union of male sperm with female ovum in order to produce seeds....
s are produced in late spring, solitary or in corymbs of up to 100 together; they are diameter, and have five petal
Petal

A petal is one member or part of the Corolla of a flower. The corolla is the name for all of the petals of a flower; the inner perianth whorl, term used when this is not the same in appearance as the outermost whorl and is used to attract pollinators based on its advertising coloration....
s, creamy white to light pink, 10-20 stamens and up to five styles. The fruit
Fruit

The term fruit has different meanings dependent on context, and the term is not synonymous in food preparation and biology. In botany, which is the scientific study of plants, fruits are the ripened Ovary of flowering plants....
is a small pome
Pome

In botany, a pome is a type of fruit produced by flowering plants in the subfamily Maloideae of the family Rosaceae.A pome is an accessory fruit composed of five or more carpels in which the exocarp forms an inconspicuous layer....
diameter, bright red when mature, containing one to three (rarely up to five) seed
Seed

A seed is a small Plant embryogenesis plant enclosed in a covering called the seed coat, usually with some Food storage. It is the product of the ripened ovule of gymnosperm and angiosperm plants which occurs after fertilization and some growth within the mother plant....
s.

Cotoneaster species are used as larva
Larva

A larva is a young form of animal with indirect developmental biology, going through or undergoing metamorphosis .The larva can look completely different from the adult form, for example, a caterpillar differs from a butterfly....
l food plants by some Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera is an order of insect that includes moths and butterfly. It is one of the most speciose orders in the class Insecta, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterfly, skipper , and Hedylidae....
species including Grey Dagger
Grey Dagger

The Grey Dagger is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is distributed throughout Europe.This species has grey forewings with bold black dagger-shaped markings....
, Mottled Umber
Mottled Umber

The Mottled Umber is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is a common species throughout the Palearctic region and the Near East.The female of this species is wingless and rather spider-like and can be found on the trunks and stems of its larval food plants....
, Short-cloaked Moth
Short-cloaked Moth

The Short-cloaked Moth is a moth of the family Nolidae. It is distributed through most of Europe.This is a small species with grey or brown forewings with black basal areas which resemble a short cloak when the moth is at rest....
and Winter Moth
Winter Moth

The Winter Moth is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is an abundant species of Europe and the Near East and one of very few Lepidoptera of temperate regions in which the adults are active in the depth of winter....
.

Classification
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 Lindl.
Cotoneaster acutifolius Turcz.
Cotoneaster acutiusculus Pojark.
Cotoneaster adpressus Bois - Creeping Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster aestivalis (Walter) Wenz.
Cotoneaster affinis Lindl. - Purpleberry Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster afghanicus G.Klotz
Cotoneaster aitchisoni C.K.Schneid.
Cotoneaster alashanensis J.Fryer & B.Hylmo
Cotoneaster alatavicus Popov
Cotoneaster alaunicus Golitsin
Cotoneaster albokermesinus J.Fryer & B.Hylmo
Cotoneaster allanderi J.Fryer
Cotoneaster allochrous Pojark.
Cotoneaster altaicus J.Fryer & B.Hylmo
Cotoneaster ambiguus Rehder & E.H.Wilson
Cotoneaster amoenus E.H.Wilson - Beautiful Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster amphigenus Chaten.
Cotoneaster annapurnae J.Fryer & B.Hylmo
Cotoneaster angustifolius Franch.
Cotoneaster angustus (T.T.Yu) G.Klotz
Cotoneaster antoninae Juz. & N.I.Orlova (also: A.Vassiliev)
Cotoneaster apiculatus Rehder & E.H.Wilson - Apiculate Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster applanatus Duthie ex J.H.Veitch
Cotoneaster arborescens Zabel.
Cotoneaster arbusculus G.Klotz
Cotoneaster argenteus G.Klotz
Cotoneaster armenus Pojark.
Cotoneaster arvernensis Gand.
Cotoneaster ascendens Flinck & B.Hylmö - Ascending Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster assadii Khat.
Cotoneaster assamensis G.Klotz
Cotoneaster astrophoros J.Fryer & E.C.Nelson - Starry Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster ataensis J.Fryer & B.Hylmo
Cotoneaster atlanticus G.Klotz
Cotoneaster atropurpureus Flinck & B.Hylmö - Purple-flowered Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster atrovirens J.Fryer & B.Hylmo
Cotoneaster atuntzensis J.Fryer & B.Hylmo
Cotoneaster auranticus J.Fryer & B.Hylmo
Cotoneaster bacillaris Wall. ex Lindl. - Open-fruited Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster baenitzii Pax
Cotoneaster bakeri G.Klotz
Cotoneaster balticus J.Fryer & B.Hylmo
Cotoneaster bilokonii Grevtsova
Cotoneaster bisramianus G.Klotz
Cotoneaster bitahaiensis J.Fryer & B.Hylmo
Cotoneaster blinii H.Lev.
Cotoneaster bodinieri H.Lev.
Cotoneaster boisianus G.Klotz - Bois's Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster borealichinensis (Hurus.) Hurus.
Cotoneaster borealis Petz. & G.Kirchn.
Cotoneaster brachypodus Pojark. ex Zakirov
Cotoneaster bradyi E.C.Nelson J.Fryer - Brady's Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster brandisii G.Klotz
Cotoneaster brevirameus Rehder & Wilson
Cotoneaster brickelli J.Fryer & B.Hylmo
Cotoneaster browiczii J.Fryer & B.Hylmo
Cotoneaster bullatus Bois - Hollyberry Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster bumthangensis J.Fryer & B.Hylmo
Cotoneaster burmanicus G.Klotz
Cotoneaster buxifolius Wall. ex Lindl. - Box-leaved Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster californicus A.Murray bis
Cotoneaster calocarpus (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) Flinck & B.Hylmö - Sikang Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster cambricus
Cotoneaster cambricus

Cotoneaster cambricus is a species of Cotoneaster endemism to the Great Orme peninsula in north Wales. It is the only species of Cotoneaster native to the British Isles....
J.Fryer & B.Hylmö - Wild Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster camilli-schneideri Pojark.
Cotoneaster campanulatus J.Fryer & B.Hylmo
Cotoneaster canescens Vestergr. ex B.Hylmö
Cotoneaster capsicinus J.Fryer & B.Hylmo
Cotoneaster cardinalis J.Fryer & B.Hylmo
Cotoneaster cashmiriensis G.Klotz - Kashmir Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster cavei G.Klotz
Cotoneaster chaffanjonii H.Lev.
Cotoneaster chailaricus (G.Klotz) Flinck & B.Hylmo
Cotoneaster chengkangensis T.T.Yu
Cotoneaster chrysobotrys Hand. - Mazz.
Cotoneaster chulingensis J.Fryer & B.Hylmo
Cotoneaster chungtiensis J.Fryer & B.Hylmo
Cotoneaster cinerascens (Rehder) Flinck & B.Hylmö
Cotoneaster cinnabarinus Juz.
Cotoneaster coadunatus J.Fryer & B.Hylmo
Cotoneaster coccineus Steud.
Cotoneaster cochleatus (Franch.) G.Klotz - Yunnan Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster commixtus (C.K.Schneid.) Flinck & B.Hylmo
Cotoneaster comptus Lem.
Cotoneaster confusus G.Klotz
Cotoneaster congestus Baker - Congested Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster conspicuus C.Marquand - Tibetan Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster convexus J.Fryer & B.Hylmo
Cotoneaster cooperi C.Marquand - Cooper's Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster cordatus Focke
Cotoneaster cordifolioides G.Klotz
Cotoneaster cordifolius G.Klotz
Cotoneaster coreanus H.Lev.
Cotoneaster coriaceus Franch.
Cotoneaster cornifolius Rehder & E.H.Wilson
Cotoneaster cossineus Steud.
Cotoneaster cotoneaster Degen
Cotoneaster crenulatus (D.Don) K.Koch
Cotoneaster creticus J.Fryer & B.Hylmo
Cotoneaster crispii Exell
Cotoneaster cuilus Lee ex K.Koch
Cotoneaster cuspidatus C.Marquand ex J.Fryer
Cotoneaster dammeri C.K.Schneid. - Bearberry Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster dielsianus E.Pritz. ex Diels - Diels' Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster divaricatus Rehder & E.H.Wilson - Spreading Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster duthieanus (C.K.Schneid.) Klotz
Cotoneaster ellipticus (Lindl.) Loudon - Lindley's Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster fangianus T.T.Yu - Fang's Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster foveolatus Rehder & E.H.Wilson
Cotoneaster franchetii
Cotoneaster franchetii

Cotoneaster franchetii is a species of Cotoneaster native to southwestern China, in the provinces of Guizhou, Sichuan, Xizang, and Yunnan, and also in adjacent northern Myanmar and northern Thailand....
Bois - Franchet's Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster frigidus Wall. ex Lindl. - Tree Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster gamblei G.Klotz
Cotoneaster glabratus Rehder & E.H.Wilson - Glabrous Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster glaucophyllus Franch. - Glaucous Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster glomerulatus W.W.Sm.
Cotoneaster gracilis Rehder & E.H.Wilson
Cotoneaster granatensis Boiss.
Cotoneaster harrovianus E.H.Wilson
Cotoneaster harrysmithii Flinck & B.Hylmö
Cotoneaster hebephyllus Diels
Cotoneaster henryanus (C.K.Schneid.) Rehder & E.H.Wilson - Henry's Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster hissaricus Pojark. - Circular-leaved Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster hjelmqvistii Flinck & B.Hylmö - Hjelmqvist's Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster hodjingensis G.Klotz
Cotoneaster horizontalis
Cotoneaster horizontalis

Cotoneaster horizontalis is a species of Cotoneaster that is a short shrub. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant grown in gardens and public parks for its decorative berries....
Decne. - Wall Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster hsingshangensis J.Fryer & B.Hylmö - Hsing-Shan Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster hummelii J.Fryer & B.Hylmö - Hummel's Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster hupehensis Rehder & E.H.Wilson
Cotoneaster hurusawaianus G.Klotz - Hurusawa's Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster hylmoei Flinck & J.Fryer - Hylmö's Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster ignavus Wolf
Cotoneaster ignescens J.Fryer & B.Hylmö - Firebird Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster ignotus G.Klotz - Black-grape Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster induratus J.Fryer & B.Hylmö - Hardy Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster inexspectus Klotz
Cotoneaster insculptus Diels - Engraved Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster insignis Pojark.
Cotoneaster integerrimus
Cotoneaster integerrimus

Cotoneaster integerrimus is a species of Cotoneaster native to central and eastern Europe and southwest Asia, from southern Belgium and eastern France south to Italy, and east through Germany to the Balkans, northern Turkey, the Crimea, the Caucasus and northern Iran; plants in Spain may also belong in this species....
Medik.
Cotoneaster integrifolius
Cotoneaster integrifolius

Cotoneaster integrifolius is a species of Cotoneaster that is a low growing shrub. It has been grown as ornamental plants in gardens and public rock gardens....
(Roxb.) G.Klotz - Entire-leaved Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster kullensis B.Hylmö
Cotoneaster lacteus W.W.Sm. - Late Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster laetevirens (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) G.Klotz
Cotoneaster langei G.Klotz
Cotoneaster laxiflorus Lindl.
Cotoneaster lidjiangensis G.Klotz - Lidjiang Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster lindleyi Steud.
Cotoneaster linearifolius (Klotz) Klotz
Cotoneaster lucidus Schltdl. - Shiny Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster ludlowii Klotz
Cotoneaster mairei H.Lév. - Maire's Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster marginatus (Loudon) Schltdl. - Fringed Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster marquandii Klotz
Cotoneaster matrensis Domokos
Cotoneaster melanocarpus Lodd.
Cotoneaster meuselii Klotz
Cotoneaster meyeri Pojark.
Cotoneaster microphyllus Wall. ex Lindl. - Small-leaved Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster mongolicus Pojark.
Cotoneaster monopyrenus (W.W.Sm.) Flinck & B.Hylmö - One-stoned Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster morrisonensis Hayata
Cotoneaster moupinensis Franch. - Moupin Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster mucronatus Franch. - Mucronate Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster multiflorus Bunge
Cotoneaster nanshan M.Vilm. ex Mottet - Dwarf Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster nebrodensis (Guss.) K.Koch
Cotoneaster newryensis Lemoine
Cotoneaster niger (Wahlenb.) Fries
Cotoneaster nitens Rehder & E.H.Wilson - Few-flowered Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster nitidifolius Marquand
Cotoneaster nitidus Jacques - Distichous Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster nivalis (Klotz) G.Panigrahi & A.Kumar
Cotoneaster nummularius Fisch. & Mey.
Cotoneaster obscurus Rehder & E.H.Wilson - Obscure Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster obtusus Wall. ex Lindl.
Cotoneaster oliganthus Pojark.
Cotoneaster pannosus
Cotoneaster pannosus

Cotoneaster pannosus is a species of cotoneaster known by the common name silverleaf cotoneaster. This woody shrub is native to China but it has been introduced species to other areas of the world, including southern Africa and Australia as an ornamental plant....
Franch. - Silverleaf Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster paradoxus Klotz
Cotoneaster permutatus Klotz
Cotoneaster perpusillus (C.K.Schneid.) Flinck & B.Hylmö - Slender Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster poluninii Klotz
Cotoneaster procumbens Klotz
Cotoneaster prostratus Baker - Procumbent Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster przewalskii Pojark.
Cotoneaster pseudoambiguus J.Fryer & B.Hylmö - Kangting Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster racemiflorus K.Koch
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 Franch. - Willow-leaved Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster sandakphuensis Klotz
Cotoneaster sanguineus T.T.Yu
Cotoneaster scandinavicus
Cotoneaster scandinavicus

Cotoneaster scandinavicus is a species of Cotoneaster native to Scandinavia, in Norway, Sweden and Finland south of the Arctic Circle, the Denmark island of Bornholm, and also the Baltic States of Estonia and Latvia....
B.Hylmö
Cotoneaster schantungensis G.Klotz
Cotoneaster schlechtendalii Klotz
Cotoneaster serotinus Hutch.
Cotoneaster shannanensis J.Fryer & B.Hylmö - Shannan Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster sherriffii G.Klotz - Sherriff's Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster silvestrei Pamp.
Cotoneaster simonsii Baker - Himalayan Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster soongoricus (Regel & Herder) Popov
Cotoneaster splendens Flinck & B.Hylmö - Showy Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster staintonii Klotz
Cotoneaster sternianus (Turrill) Boom - Stern's Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster subadpressus T.T.Yu
Cotoneaster submultiflorus Popov
Cotoneaster tauricus Pojark.
Cotoneaster taylorii T.T.Yu
Cotoneaster tengyuehensis J.Fryer & B.Hylmö - Tengyueh Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster tenuipes Rehder & E.H.Wilson
Cotoneaster thymifolius Wall. ex Lindl. - Thyme-leaved Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster tibeticus Klotz
Cotoneaster tomentellus Pojark. - Short-felted Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster tomentosus Lindl.
Cotoneaster transens G.Klotz
Cotoneaster turbinatus Craib
Cotoneaster tytthocarpus Pojark.
Cotoneaster undulatus J.Fryer & B.Hylmo
Cotoneaster uniflorus Bunge
Cotoneaster uralensis J.Fryer & B.Hylmo
Cotoneaster uva-ursi G.Don
Cotoneaster uva-ursinus (Lindl.) J.Fryer & B.Hylmo
Cotoneaster uzbezicus Grevtsova
Cotoneaster vandelaarii J.Fryer & B.Hylmo
Cotoneaster veitchii (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) G.Klotz - Many-flowered Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster vernae C.K.Schneid.
Cotoneaster verokotschyi J.Fryer & B.Hylmo
Cotoneaster verruculosus Diels
Cotoneaster vestitus (W.W.Sm.) Flinck & B.Hylmö
Cotoneaster victorianus J.Fryer & B.Hylmo
Cotoneaster villosulus (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) Flinck & B.Hylmö
Cotoneaster vilmorinianus G.Klotz - Vilmorin's Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster virgatus Klotz
Cotoneaster vulgaris Hook.f.
Cotoneaster wallichianus G.Klotz
Cotoneaster wanbooyensis J.Fryer & B.Hylmo
Cotoneaster wardii W.W.Sm. - Ward's Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster washanensis J.Fryer & B.Hylmo
Cotoneaster wattii Klotz
Cotoneaster wilsonii Nakai - Somgeyagwang namu (In Korean)
Cotoneaster yakuticus J.Fryer & B.Hylmo
Cotoneaster yalungensis J.Fryer & B.Hylmo
Cotoneaster yuii J.Fryer & B.Hylmo
Cotoneaster yulingkongensis J.Fryer & B.Hylmo
Cotoneaster yulongensis J.Fryer & B.Hylmo
Cotoneaster zabelii C.K.Schneid. - Cherryred Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster zaprjagaevae Grevtsova
Cotoneaster zayulensis G.Klotz
Cotoneaster zeilingskii B.Hylmo
Cotoneaster zeravschanicus Pojark.
Cotoneaster zimmermannii J.Fryer & B.Hylmo
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Cultivation and uses
Cotoneasters are very popular garden
Garden

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shrubs, grown for their attractive habit and decorative fruit. Many of the garden shrubs are cultivar
Cultivar

A cultivar is a cultivated plant that has been selected and given a unique name because of its decorative or useful characteristics; it is usually distinct from similar plants and when Plant propagation it retains those characteristics....
s, some of hybrid origin; of these, some are of known parentage, such as the very popular Cotoneaster × watereri Exell (Waterer's Cotoneaster; C. frigidus × C. salicifolius), while others not. Many species have escaped from cultivation and become locally naturalised
Naturalisation (biology)

In biology, naturalisation is the process when foreign or cultivated plants or animals have spread into the wild, where they multiply by natural regeneration....
where climatic conditions are suitable for them, such as the many Chinese species naturalised in northwestern Europe. C. glaucophylla have become invasive weeds in Australia
Australia

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Wildlife Value
The red berries are highly attractive to blackbird
Blackbird

The Common Blackbird , also called Eurasian Blackbird, or simply Blackbird is a species of true thrush which breeds in Europe, Asia, and North Africa, and has been introduced species to Australia and New Zealand....
s and other thrushes
True thrush

The true thrushes are medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the genus Turdus of the thrush family Thrush .The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia....
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Nomenclature
The genus name Cotoneaster derives from cotone, an old Latin name for the quince
Quince

The Quince , or Cydonia oblonga, is the sole member of the genus Cydonia and native to warm-temperate southwest Asia in the Caucasus region....
, 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).