Flora of North America species comparison

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Photinia davidiana var. davidiana

Photinia davidiana
Photo is of parent taxon

Chinese redtip, stranvaesia

Chinese photinia, Chinese redtip, stranvaesia
Habit Plants 10–80 dm.
Leaves

persistent;

petiole 12–20 mm, pilose, gradually glabrescent;

blade elliptic to oblong or oblong-lanceolate, (3–)5–12 × 2–4.5 cm, coriaceous, base rounded to cuneate, margins entire, lateral veins 8–16 pairs, inconspicuous, apex acute or abruptly pointed, surfaces villous along abaxial midvein, otherwise glabrous.

Inflorescences

with 8 laterals of 1st order, 5–10 cm diam., pendulous in fruit.

Pedicels

without lenticels.

Flowers

5–10 mm diam.;

petals suborbiculate, 4–7 mm, glabrous.

Photinia davidiana var. davidiana

Photinia davidiana
Phenology Flowering Mar–Jun; fruiting Nov–Apr.
Habitat Bird-sown weed in thickets, open or disturbed forests, beaches, rarely epiphytic
Elevation 0–150 m (0–500 ft)
Distribution
Asia (China, Malaysia, North Vietnam, Taiwan) [Introduced, Wash.; introduced also in Europe, Pacific Islands (Hawaii, New Zealand)]
from USDA
Asia [Introduced, Wash.; introduced also in Europe, Pacific Islands]
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Discussion

Varieties 3 (1 in the flora).

Stranvaesia davidiana is cultivated in California and was reported by Eric Walther to be commonly spontaneous in the Strybing Arboretum in Golden Gate Park (J. T. Howell et al. 1958), but current accounts of the California flora have not included the species as naturalized in that state; California botanists believe that it is not established there. The species is now considered naturalized in Washington, as well as in Hawaii and New Zealand (P. F. Zika 2002b).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 9, p. 491. FNA vol. 9, p. 491.
Parent taxa Rosaceae > subfam. Amygdaloideae > tribe Maleae > Photinia > Photinia davidiana Rosaceae > subfam. Amygdaloideae > tribe Maleae > Photinia
Sibling taxa
P. glabra, P. serratifolia, P. villosa
Subordinate taxa
P. davidiana var. davidiana
Synonyms Stranvaesia davidiana
Name authority unknown (Decaisne) Cardot: Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 25: 399. (1919)
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