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Ver. 25.02
Feb. 25th, 2025

243.0000 Family Rosaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 334 (1789), nom. cons.
97-110 genera, ca. 7.500 spp., of them about 4.000 microspecies in Rubus, Alchemilla and Sorbus
Species listed in database: 7655; hybrids: 494
= Agrimoniaceae Gray; Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 395, 574 (1822)
= Alchemillaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 17 (1820)
= Amygdalaceae Marquis; Esq. Règne Vég. 49 (1820), nom. cons.
= Cercocarpaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 287 (1858)
= Chamaemoraceae Lilja; Skånes Fl., ed. 2: 349, 980 (1870)
= Coleogynaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 171 (1858)
= Cydoniaceae Schnizl.; Anal. Nat. Ordn. Gew. 14 (1856)
= Dryadaceae Gray; Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 395, 577 (1822)
= Fragariaceae Nestl.; Monogr. Potentilla [Nestler] 14 (1816)
= Lindleyaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 166 (1858)
= Malaceae Small; Fl. S.E. U.S. [Small] 529 (1903), nom. cons.
= Mespilaceae Schultz Sch.; Nat. Syst. Pflanzenr. 509 (1832)
= Neilliaceae Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 1: 390 (1855)
= Potentillaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Prír. Rostlin 231 (1820)
= Poteriaceae Raf.; Anal. Nat. 173 (1815)
= Prunaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 511 (1820)
= Pyraceae Vest; Anleit. Stud. Bot. 268, 286 (1818)
= Rhodotypaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 172 (1858)
= Sanguisorbaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Prír. Rostlin 231 (1820)
= Sorbaceae Brenner; Florist. Handb. 94 (1886)
= Spiraeaceae Bertuch; Taf. Allg. Naturgesch. Gewächs-Reich: Enum. 10, Syn. Tab. 3 (1801)
= Tormentillaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 636 (1820)
= Ulmariaceae Gray; Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 395, 588 (1822)
243.3831 Genus Pyracantha Roem.; Synops. Monogr. 3: 104, 219 (1847)
Distribution: SE-Europe (1), Asia Minor, S-Himalayas (1), China (8), Taiwan, Indochina, Philippines (1)
Species listed in database: 10
= Timbalia Clos; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 18: 178 (1872)
= Sportella Hance; J. Bot. 15: 207 (1877)
species :
Pyracantha angustifolia (Franch.) C.K.Schneid.; Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. [C.K.Schneider] 1: 761, f. 430a-b, 431a-c (1906)
Name: Narrowleaf firethorn
Distribution: South Africa [I]; China (Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Tibet; South Korea [I]; NE-India (Arunachal Pradesh); Philippines [c]; Australia [I] (New South Wales [I]); New Zealand [I]; Hawaii [I] (Kauai [I]); USA [I] (California [I]); Mexico [I]; Colombia [c]; Argentina [I]
27 saf 36 CHI TIB 38 kor 40 IND 42 phi 50 aus 51 nzl 63 haw 76 usa 79 mex 82 clm 85 arg
Synonyms: hidden
= Cotoneaster angustifolius Franch.; Pl. Delavay. 221 (1890)
species :
Pyracantha atalantioides (Hance) Stapf; Bot. Mag. 151: t. 9099, f. 1-4 (1926)
Distribution: China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan)
36 CHI
Remarks: often included in P. crenulata s. lat.
Synonyms: hidden
= Crataegus pyracantha Hemsl.; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 23(155): 260 (1887), non (L.) Spach
= Mespilus loureiroi Kostel.; Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 4: 1479 (1835)
= Pyracantha discolor Rehder; J. Arnold Arbor. 1(4): 260-261 (1920)
= Pyracantha gibbsii A.B.Jacks.; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 60: 309, f. 133: 3, f. 134 (1916)
= Pyracantha loureiroi (Kostel.) Merr.; Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 24: 178 (1935)
= Sportella atalantioides Hance; J. Bot. 15(175): 207-208 (1877)
species :
Pyracantha coccinea M.Roem.; Syn. Monogr. 3: 219 (1847)
Name: Feuerdorn (DE), Scarlet firethorn (EN)
Distribution: England [I] (England [I], Wales [I], Isle of Man [I], Scotland [I]); Ireland [I] (Ireland [I], Northern Ireland [I]); Germany [I]; Switzerland; Czech Republic [c]; Slovakia [c]; Portugal [I]; Spain [I]; France; Monaco [c]; Corsica [I]; Italy; San Marino; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; North Macedonia; Albania; Bulgaria; European Turkey; NW-Greece; Crete [I]; Crimea; Mozambique [I]; South Africa [I]; Uzbekistan [I]; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan; East Aegaean Isl. [I]; Turkey (Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia); Iran (N-Iran); Lebanon (C-Lebanon); Syria; Taiwan [I]; Canada [I] (British Columbia [I]); USA [I] (Alabama [I], Arkansas [I], California [I], District of Columbia [I], Florida [I], Georgia [I], Louisiana [I], Mississippi [I], North Carolina [I], New Mexico [I], New York [I], Ohio [I], Oregon [I], Pennsylvania [I], South Carolina [I], Tennessee [I], Texas [I], Utah [I], Virginia [I]); Mexico [c]; Peru [I]; Bolivia [c]
10 grb ire 11 cze ger slo SWI 12 cor FRA mco por spa 13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC ITA kri MNT NMA SMA TUE 14 KRY 26 moz 27 saf 32 uzb 33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 eai IRN LEB SYR TUR 38 tai 71 cdn 73 usa 75 usa 76 usa 77 usa 78 usa 79 mex 83 bol per
Synonyms: hidden
= Cotoneaster pyracantha (L.) Spach; Hist. Veg. (Phan.) 2: 77 (1834)
= Crataegus dumosa Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 357 (1796)
= Crataegus lalandei May; Rev. Hort. (Paris) 55: 68 (1883)
= Crataegus pauciflora (Poir.) Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 2(1): 37 (1806)
= Crataegus pyracantha (L.) Medik.; Gesch. Bot. (Medik.) 84 (1793)
= Crataegus pyracantha var. pauciflora (Poir.) Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 433 (1840)
= Gymnopyrenium pyracantha (L.) Dulac; Fl. Hautes-Pyrénees 316 (1867)
= Mespilus lalandei Dippel; Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 421 (1893)
= Mespilus pauciflora Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 4(2): 441 (1798)
= Mespilus pyracantha L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 478 (1753)
= Mespilus pyracantha var. pauciflora (Poir.) Dum.Cours.; Bot. Cult. 5: 450 (1811)
= Oxyacantha amygdalifolia Bubani; Fl. Pyren. [Bubani] 2: 579 (1899)
= Pyracantha coccinea f. latifolia Zabel; Handb. Laubholzben. [Beissner et al.] 168 (1903)
= Pyracantha coccinea var. implexa Lavallée; Énum. Arbres 89 (1877), nomen
= Pyracantha coccinea var. lalandei Dippel; Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 421 (1893)
= Pyracantha coccinea var. pauciflora (Poir.) Dippel; Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 421 (1893)
= Pyracantha lucida de Vos; Handb. Boom. Heest. 144 (1887)
= Pyracantha pauciflora (Poir.) M.Roem.; Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. [Syn. Rosifl.] 220 (1847)
= Pyracantha pyracantha (L.) Asch. & Graebn.; Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. [Ascherson & Graebner] 6(2): 11 (1906), isonym
= Pyracantha pyracantha (L.) Voss; Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3, 1: 269 (1894)
= Pyracantha pyracantha f. lalandei Voss; Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3, 1: 269 (1894)
= Pyracantha spinosa de Vos; Handb. Boom. Heest. 144 (1887)
= Pyracantha vulgaris Lothelier; Rev. Gén. Bot. 5: 519 (1893), nomen
= Timbalia pyracantha (L.) Clos; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 18: 178 (1871)
species :
Pyracantha crenulata (D.Don) M.Roem.; Syn. 3: 220 (1847)
Name: Nepalese firethorn, Asian Firethorn (EN)
Distribution: England [I] (England [I], Wales [I]); South Africa [I]; China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan); Tibet; Nepal; Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Myanmar; Vietnam; Australia [I] (New South Wales [I]); New Zealand [I]; USA [I] (California [I]); Mexico [c]; Guatemala [c]; Honduras [c]
10 grb 27 saf 36 CHI TIB 40 BHU IND NEP 41 MYA VIE 50 aus 51 nzl 76 usa 79 mex 80 gua hon
Synonyms: hidden
= Cotoneaster crenulatus (D.Don) K.Koch; Dendrologie 1: 175 (1869)
= Cotoneaster pyracantha E.Pritz.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 386 (1900)
= Crataegus crenulata (D.Don) Roxb.; (Hort. Bengal. 38 (1814), nomen), Fl. Ind. [Roxburgh] 2: 509 (1832)
= Crataegus pyracantha Brandis; Forest Fl. N.W. India [Brandis] 208 (1874)
= Crataegus pyracantha var. crenulata (D.Don) Loudon; Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 2: 844 (1838)
= Mespilus crenulata D.Don; Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 238 (1825)
= Mespilus pyracantha Lour.; Fl. Cochinch. 320 (1790), nom. illeg.
= Pyracantha chinensis M.Roem.; Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 3: 220 (1847)
= Pyracantha crenulata var. emarginata J.E.Vidal; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 13: 301 (1948 publ. 1949)
= Pyracantha crenulata var. rogersiana A.B.Jacks.; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 60: 309 (1916)
= Pyracantha rogersiana (A.B.Jacks.) Bean; Garden (London, 1871-1927) 85: 567 (1921), isonym
= Pyracantha rogersiana (A.B.Jacks.) Coltm.-Rog.; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 84: 510 (1928), isonym
= Pyracantha rogersiana (A.B.Jacks.) L.H.Bailey; Stand. Cycl. Hort. 5: 2864 (1916)
variant :
var. kansuensis Rehder; J. Arnold Arbor. 4(2): 114-115 (1923)
Distribution: China (Gansu, Guizhou, S-Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan)
36 CHI
species :
Pyracantha densiflora T.T.Yu; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 8(3): 220-221 (1963)
Distribution: China (NW-Guangxi)
36 CHI
species :
Pyracantha fortuneana (Maxim.) H.L.Li; J. Arnold Arbor. 25(4): 420 (1944)
Name: Chinese firethorn
Distribution: China (Fujian, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Tibet; Nepal; Australia [I] (New South Wales [I]); New Zealand [I]; Hawaii [I] (Kauai [I]); USA [I] (Alabama [I], California [I], Florida [I])
36 CHI TIB 40 NEP 50 aus 51 nzl 63 haw 76 usa 78 usa
Remarks: often included in P. crenulata s. lat.
Synonyms: hidden
= Cotoneaster fortunei Wenz.; Linnaea 38: 200 (1874)
= Osteomeles pyracantha Decne.; Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 183 (1874)
= Photinia crenatoserrata Hance; J. Bot. 18(213): 261 (1880)
= Photinia fortuneana Maxim.; Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg 19(2): 179-180 (1873)
= Pyracantha crenatoserrata (Hance) Rehder; J. Arnold Arbor. 12(1): 72-73 (1931)
= Pyracantha crenulata var. yunnanensis M.Vilm. ex Mottet; Rev. Hort. (Paris) 85: 204 (1913)
= Pyracantha gibbsii var. yunnanensis Osborn; Garden (London, 1871-1927) 83: 138 (1919)
= Pyracantha yunnanensis (M.Vilm. ex Mottet) Chitt.; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 70: 325 (1921)
species :
Pyracantha heterophylla T.B.Chao & Z.X.Chen; Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 17(3): 302 (1997)
Distribution: China (Henan)
36 CHI
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Pyracantha inermis J.E.Vidal; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 13(4): 301-302 (1948)
Distribution: China (Yunnan); Laos
36 CHI 41 LAO
Synonyms: hidden
= Pyracantha mekongensis T.T.Yu; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 8(3): 221 (1963)
species :
Pyracantha koidzumii (Hayata) Rehder; J. Arnold Arbor. 1(4): 261 (1920)
Name: Formosa firethorn
Distribution: Taiwan; Australia [I] (Queensland [I]); Hawaii [I] (Kauai [I], East Maui [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); USA [I] (Alabama [I], Arizona [I], Florida [I], Georgia [I], South Carolina [I]); Mexico [c]; Guatemala [c]; Costa Rica [c]
38 TAI 50 aus 63 haw 76 usa 78 usa 79 mex 80 cos gua
Synonyms: hidden
= Cotoneaster formosanus Hayata; J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 30(1): 101 (1911)
= Cotoneaster koidzumii Hayata; J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 30(1): 101-102 (1911)
= Cotoneaster taitoensis Hayata; J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 30(1): 102 (1911)
= Pyracantha formosana Kaneh.; Formos. Trees 213 (1918)
= Pyracantha koidzumii var. taitoensis (Hayata) Masam.; Rep. Annual) Taihoku Bot. Gard. 2: 124 (1932)
species :
Pyracantha stoloniformis T.B.Chao & Z.X.Chen; Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 17(3): 301 (1997)
Distribution: China (Henan)
36 CHI
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
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