Photinia

Photinia

Taxobox
name = Protinia



image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Photinia davidiana" foliage
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Rosales
familia = Rosaceae
subfamilia = Maloideae
genus = "Photinia"
genus_authority = Lindl.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text

"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 "Heteromeles arbutifolia" in "Photinia" as "Photinia arbutifolia". Some species, notably "P. davidiana", are sometimes split off into a separate genus "Stranvaesia", and others, into another separate genus "Pourthiaea". The genus "Aronia" is included in "Photinia" in some classifications. Other close relatives include the firethorns ("Pyracantha"), cotoneasters ("Cotoneaster") and hawthorns ("Crataegus"). The scientific name "Photinia" is widely used as the common name; another name sometimes used is "Christmas berry".

Photinias typically grow from 3-15 m tall, with a usually irregular crown of angular branches; the branches are often (not always) thorny. The leaves are alternate, entire or finely toothed, varying between species from 3-15 cm in length and 1.5-5 cm wide; the majority of species are evergreen but several are deciduous. The flowers are produced in early summer in dense terminal corymbs; each flower is 5-10 mm diameter, with five rounded white petals; they have a mild, hawthorn-like scent. The fruit is a small pome, 4-12 mm across, bright red and berry-like, produced large quantities, maturing in the fall and often persisting well into the winter. The fruit are consumed by birds, including thrushes, waxwings and starlings; the seeds are dispersed in their droppings. "Photinia" species are sometimes used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Common Emerald, Feathered Thorn and Setaceous Hebrew Character.

pecies

;Evergreen species
*"Photinia amphidoxa" (syn. "Stranvaesia amphidoxa")
*"Photinia anlungensis"
*"Photinia beckii"
*"Photinia berberidifolia"
*"Photinia bodinieri"
*"Photinia chihsiniana"
*"Photinia chingiana"
*"Photinia crassifolia"
*"Photinia davidiana" (syn. "Stranvaesia davidiana")
*"Photinia glabra" - Japanese Photinia
*"Photinia glomerata"
*"Photinia integrifolia"
*"Photinia kwangsiensis"
*"Photinia lanuginosa"
*"Photinia lasiogyna"
*"Photinia lasiopetala"
*"Photinia lochengensis"
*"Photinia loriformis"
*"Photinia megaphylla"
*"Photinia nussia" (syn. "Stranvaesia nussia")
*"Photinia oblanceolata" (syn. "Stranvaesia oblanceolata")
*"Photinia prionophylla"
*"Photinia prunifolia"
*"Photinia raupingensis"
*"Photinia serratifolia" (syn. "Photinia serrulata")
*"Photinia stenophylla"
*"Photinia tomentosa" (syn. "Stranvaesia tomentosa")
*"Photinia tushanensis"
*"Photinia zhejiangensis";Deciduous species
*"Photinia arguta" (syn. "Pourthiaea arguta")
*"Photinia beauverdiana" (syn. "Pourthiaea beauverdiana")
*"Photinia benthamiana" (syn. "Pourthiaea benthamiana")
*"Photinia bergerae"
*"Photinia blinii"
*"Photinia calleryana" (syn. "Pourthiaea calleryana")
*"Photinia callosa"
*"Photinia chingshuiensis" (syn. "Pourthiaea chingshuiensis")
*"Photinia fokienensis"
*"Photinia hirsuta"
*"Photinia impressivena"
*"Photinia komarovii"
*"Photinia lucida" (syn. "Pourthiaea lucida")
*"Photinia obliqua"
*"Photinia parvifolia" (syn. "Pourthiaea parvifolia")
*"Photinia pilosicalyx"
*"Photinia podocarpifolia"
*"Photinia schneideriana"
*"Photinia tsaii"
*"Photinia villosa" (syn. "Pourthiaea villosa")

Uses

Photinias are very popular ornamental shrubs, grown for their fruit and foliage. Numerous hybrids and cultivars are available; several of the cultivars are selected for their strikingly bright red young leaves in spring and summer. The most widely planted are:
*"Photinia × fraseri" ("P. glabra" × "P. serrulata") - Red Tip Photinia
*"Photinia x fraseri" "Camilvy“
*"Photinia x fraseri" "Curly Fantasy“
*"Photinia x fraseri" "Cassini“ (Pink Marble)
*"Photinia x fraseri" "Red Robin“ - probably the most widely planted of all
*"Photinia x fraseri" "Super Hedger“ - a newer hybrid with strong upright growth
*"Photinia" 'Redstart' ("P. davidiana" × "P. x fraseri")
*"Photinia" 'Palette' (parentage unknown)
*"Photinia davidiana" 'Fructu Luteo' (fruit yellow)
*"Photinia davidiana" 'Prostrata' (a low-growing form.)

References

* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=125105 Flora of China: "Photinia"]
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=131653 Flora of China: "Stranvaesia"]


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