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Cotoneaster Medik.

This genus name was first published in Philos. Bot. 1: 155 (1789)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000009472.

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Synonyms of Cotoneaster

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Gymnopyrenium Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées : 316 (1867) wfo-4000016516
Ostinia Clairv. Man. Herbor. Suisse : 162 (1811) wfo-4000027413
Cotonea Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 5 (1837) wfo-4000045223

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Cotoneaster:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster acuminatus E.Pritz. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 385 (1900) wfo-0000988919
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster acuminatus R.Parker Forest Fl. Punjab : 228 (1956) — wfo-0001012040
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster acuminatus W.W.Sm. Rec. Bot. Surv. India 4: 191 (1911) — wfo-0001012050
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster acuticarpa E.Reid ; 1915 19, t.9,f.1-2 1915 — wfo-0001014590
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster acutifolius Lindl. ex Ledeb. Flora rossica ; 1841 92 1843 — wfo-0000988920
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster acutiuscula Pojark. ex Zakirov Fl. Zerav. 2: 194 (1962) — wfo-0001011560
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster affinis Hohen. ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 2(5): 385. 1878 [Jul 1878] wfo-0000999195
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster affinis auct. – — wfo-0000985045
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster allanderi J.Fryer – — wfo-0001005110
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster amphigenus Chatenier Bull. Soc. Bot. France 69: 714 (1922 publ. 1923) wfo-0000990402
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster andromedae Unger Genera et species plantarum fossilium ; 1850 482 1850 — wfo-0001014734
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster annapurnae J.Fryer & B.Hylmö – — wfo-0001005112
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster apiifolius Medik. – — wfo-0000988985
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster arborescens Zabel Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 6: 25 (1897) wfo-0000988969
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster arvernensis Gand. Dec. Pl. Nov. 1: 7 (1875) wfo-0001008615
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster arvernensis L.Laurent Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Marseille 9: 184 (1905) — wfo-0001014735
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster assimilanda Saporta ; 1873 117, t.17,f.4 1873 — wfo-0001014736
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster bacillaris Collett Flora Simlensis ; 1902 172, f.48 1902 — wfo-0001012034
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster bacillaris Wall. A numerical list of dried specimens (Wallich's catalogue) ; 1828 no.660 1829 — wfo-0001008029
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster balticus B.Hylmö & J.Fryer – — wfo-0001005117
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster bilokonii Grevtsova Atlas Cotoneasters : 304 (1999) wfo-0001005121
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster bitahaiensis J.Fryer & B.Hylmö – — wfo-0001005122
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster borealis G.Kirchn. Arbor. Muscav. : 307 (1864) — wfo-0001005125
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster boulayi De La Vaulx & Marty Rev. Gén. Bot. 33: 241 (1921) — wfo-0001014737
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster brachypodus Pojark. ex Zakirov Fl. Zerav. 2: 195 (1962) — wfo-0001011554
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster buxifolius Baker Refug. Bot. [Saunders] i. t. 52. wfo-0000999222
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster buxifolius Hook.f. The flora of British India (Rosaceae) ; 1878 387 1878 — wfo-0001012042
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster buxifolius Wall. A numerical list of dried specimens (Wallich's catalogue) ; 1828 no.661 1829 — wfo-0000995414
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster buxifolius var. lanatus Zabel ; 1897 29 1897 — wfo-0000988983
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster californicus A.Murray bis Oreg. Circ. 1, nomen. wfo-0001004815
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster chaffanjonii H.Lév. – — wfo-0000987314
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster chrysobotrys Hand.-Mazz. – — wfo-0000993603
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster comptus Lem. Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 4: 338b (1848) wfo-0000988973
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster conspicuus G.Klotz Wiss. Z. Martin-Luther-Univ. Halle-Wittenberg, Math.-Naturwiss. Reihe 12: 782 (1963) — wfo-1000059795
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster cooperi auct. – — wfo-0001004406
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster cordifolioides G.Klotz – — wfo-0000987325
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster cotoneaster Degen Magyar Bot. Lapok iv. 125. wfo-0000999211
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster crenulata Wenz. – — wfo-0001131969
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster cuilus Lee ex K.Koch Dendrologie 1: 172 (1869) wfo-0001011249
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster daralagesicus Grevtsova Atlas Cotoneasters : 304 (1999) wfo-0001005614
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster densiflorus M.W.Li, Q.Fan & W.B.Liao PhytoKeys 236: 44 2023 wfo-1000056983
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster deqenensis J.Fryer & B.Hylmö – — wfo-0001005145
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster dielsianus E.Pritz. ex Diels Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29(3-4): 385. 1900 [4 Dec 1900] wfo-0001010143
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster distichus var. perpusillus (C.K.Schneid.) C.K.Schneid. – — wfo-0001268260
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster dojamensis J.Fryer & B.Hylmö – — wfo-0001005146
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster emarginatus K.Koch Dendrologie 1: 178 (1869) wfo-0000999192
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster eriocarpus hort. ex Handl. Trees Kew Pt. i. [Polypet.] (1894) 215. wfo-0000999218
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster erzincanicus J.Fryer – — wfo-0001005151
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster fletcheri G.Klotz – — wfo-0000987395
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster fontanesii Grossh. Fl. Kavkaza 4: 284 (1934) — wfo-0001007625
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster frigidus f. fructuluteo (Bean) Rehder Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs ; 1949 656 1949 — wfo-0001005143
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster frigidus var. fructuluteo Bean Trees and shrubs hardy in the British Isles ; 1914 410 1914 — wfo-0001005140
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster genitianus Hurus. ex Nakai Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo 31: 61 (1952) — wfo-1000060414
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster gesneri Kirschl. Fl. Vogéso-Rhén. 1: 176 (1870) — wfo-0001010144
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster goeppertii Menzel Abh. Königl. Preuss. Geol. Landesanst. 46: 77 (1906) — wfo-0001014742
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster gotlandicus B.Hylmö – — wfo-0001005159
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster gracia I.F.Schneid. Dendroflora 1: 35 (1964) wfo-1000059527
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster grammontii K.Koch Dendrologie 1: 172 (1869) wfo-0000991044
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster guanmenensis J.Fryer – — wfo-0001005160
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster heterophyllus J.Fryer – — wfo-0001005164
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster himalayensis Lavallée Énum. Arbres : 97 (1877) wfo-0000988575
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster himalayensis hort. ex Handl. Trees Kew Pt. i. [Polypet.] (1894) 213. wfo-0000999212
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster hookeri Zabel Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 6: 18 (1897) — wfo-0000988886
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster hunanensis J.Fryer & B.Hylmö – — wfo-0001005166
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster hybridus-pendulus Anon. – — wfo-1000059714
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster hymalaicus Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 47: 160 (1875) wfo-0001002513
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster integerrimus Kom. Flora Manshuriae ; 1901 465 1904 — wfo-0001005170
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster integerrimus R.Parker A forest flora for the Punjab ; 1918 227 1918 — wfo-0001012038
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster integrifolius Buch.-Ham. ex Hook.f. The flora of British India (Rosaceae) ; 1878 387 1878 — wfo-0000988990
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster japonicus Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 412 (1893) — wfo-0001008021
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster kamaonensis G.Klotz – — wfo-0001005173
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster karelicus B.Hylmö & J.Fryer – — wfo-0001005174
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster kirgizicus Grevtsova Atlas Cotoneasters : 305 (1999) wfo-0001005616
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster klotzii Anon. Cotoneasters : 193 (2009) — wfo-1000060416
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster klotzii hort. Cotoneasters ; 2009 193 2009 — wfo-0001005177
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster laevis C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 757 (1906) — wfo-0000988976
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster laevis Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. i. 426. wfo-0000999255
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster lamprofolius J.Fryer & B.Hylmö – — wfo-0001005179
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster lanatus hort. ex Jacques Journ. Soc. Imp. Centr. Hort. v. 516 (1859). wfo-0000988982
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster lanatus hort. ex Regel Gartenflora ix. (1860) 59. wfo-0001012035
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster langtangensis B.Hylmö – — wfo-0001005181
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster lanshanensis J.Fryer & B.Hylmö – — wfo-0001005182
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster lesliei J.Fryer & B.Hylmö – — wfo-0001005184
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster logginovae Grevtsova Atlas Cotoneasters : 305 (1999) wfo-0001005617
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster lomahunensis J.Fryer & B.Hylmö – — wfo-0001005187
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster macrocarpus J.Fryer & B.Hylmö – — wfo-0000995415
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster major Saporta ; 1862 286 1862 — wfo-0001014743
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster mathonnettii Gand. Dec. Pl. Nov. [Gandoger] 1: 8. 1875 wfo-0001271730
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster melanocarpus (Ledeb.) Lodd., G.Lodd. & W.Lodd. ex M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 3: 223. 1847 [Apr 1847] (as “melanocarpa”) wfo-0001016122
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster melanocarpus Fisch. ex Loudon Hort. Brit. [Loudon], ed. 2. 585. 1832 (as melanocarpa); (cited in IK as 'Hort. Brit. Suppl. ii. 624') wfo-0000997539
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster metrosideroides A.Massal. Synopsis florae fossilis senogalliensis ; 1858 125 1858 — wfo-0001014744
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster microphyllus Gand. – — wfo-0001010147
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster microphyllus f. glacialis Wenz. Linnaea 38(2): 195. 1874 [Jan 1874] wfo-0001325545
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster microphyllus var. glacialis Hook.f. The flora of British India (Rosaceae) ; 1878 387 1878 — wfo-0001010148
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster microphyllus var. gracilis Hook.f. Derev'ya i kustarniki SSSR [Trees and shrubs of the USSR] Derev'ya i kustarniki SSSR [Trees and shrubs of the USSR]; 1949 368 1954 — wfo-0001011345
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster microphyllus var. thymifolius (Baker) Koehne Deutsche Dendrologie ; 1893 227 1893 — wfo-0001016133
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster mingkwongensis G.Klotz Wiss. Z. Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena, Math.-Naturwiss. Reihe 21: 989 (1972 publ. 1973) wfo-0000999248
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster minitomentellus J.Fryer & B.Hylmö – — wfo-0001005189
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster minuta Saporta ; 1873 118, t.16,f.36 1873 — wfo-0001014745
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cotoneaster mirabilis Klotz & Krugel ex – — wfo-0001131692