Eriobotrya
Eriobotrya is a genus of flowering plants, mostly large evergreen shrubs and small trees in the family Rosaceae, native to woodland in the Himalayas and East Asia. The loquat, E. japonica, is grown for its edible fruit.[2]
| Eriobotrya | |
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| Eriobotrya japonica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Subfamily: | Amygdaloideae |
| Tribe: | Maleae |
| Subtribe: | Malinae |
| Genus: | Eriobotrya Lindl. |
| Type species | |
| Eriobotrya japonica | |
| Species | |
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Eriobotrya species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Hypercompe hambletoni.
Plants of the World Online treats Eriobotrya as a synonym of Rhaphiolepis.[3]
Species
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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.jpg.webp) | Eriobotrya bengalensis Hook. f. | India, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, China (Guizhou and Yunnan) | |
| Eriobotrya cavaleriei (H. Lév.) Rehder | China and Vietnam | ||
 | Eriobotrya deflexa (Hemsl.) Nakai | Bronze Loquat | China, Taiwan and Vietnam |
| Eriobotrya dubia Decne. | India, Bhutan and Nepal | ||
| Eriobotrya elliptica Lindl. | Nepal, China (Xizang) and Vietnam | ||
| Eriobotrya fragrans Champ. ex Benth. | China and Vietnam | ||
| Eriobotrya henryi Nakai | Myanmar, China (Guizhou and Yunnan) and Vietnam | ||
| Eriobotrya hookeriana Decne. | Sikkim, Bhutan and Nepal | ||
 | Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl. | Loquat | Japan, China and Vietnam |
| Eriobotrya malipoensis Kuan | China (Yunnan) | ||
| Eriobotrya obovata W.W. Sm. | China (Yunnan) | ||
| Eriobotrya petiolata Hook. f. | Bhutan and Sikkim | ||
| Eriobotrya prinoides Rehder & E. H. Wilson | China (Sichuan and Yunnan) and Laos | ||
| Eriobotrya salwinensis Hand.-Mazz. | China (Yunnan), India, Myanmar | ||
| Eriobotrya seguinii (H. Lév.) Cardot ex Guill. | China (Guizhou and Yunnan) and Vietnam | ||
| Eriobotrya serrata J.E. Vidal | China (Guangxi, Yunnan), Laos and Vietnam | ||
| Eriobotrya tengyuehensi W.W. Sm. | China (Yunnan), Myanmar | ||
References
- International Plant Names Index | Search : Eriobotrya
- RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
- Eriobotrya Lindl. Plants of the World Online. Accessed 29 March 2023.
External links
Media related to Eriobotrya at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Eriobotrya at Wikispecies- Flora of China
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