About the genus · Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region, with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China and the Himalayas. They are related to hawthorns (Crataegus), firethorns (Pyracantha), photinias (Photinia), and rowans (Sorbus).
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Photographs
Photographs: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (3).
Related
Other Cotoneaster 101 in the reference
Cotoneaster acuminatus Acuminate cotoneaster Photo: CC BY, Sagnik Dutta Roy
Cotoneaster acutifolius Peking cotoneaster Photo: CC BY, Jane Charlen
Cotoneaster affinis Purpleberry cotoneaster Photo: CC BY, jamie-aa
Cotoneaster alaunicus Rosaceae Photo: CC BY, Fyodor Pudovikov
Cotoneaster apiculatus Cranberry cotoneaster Photo: CC BY, Jacy Chen
Cotoneaster ascendens Ascending Cotoneaster Photo: CC0, author not stated Cotoneaster beimashanensis Rosaceae Cotoneaster bradyi Brady's Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster bullatus Hollyberry cotoneaster Photo: CC BY, Rosy Thomson all 102 ›Names & registers
Also known as Pyrus gamblei. (GBIF Backbone)
The record
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Where this page came from built 2026-10-21
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