Photinia serratifolia

Photinia serratifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Photinia
Species: P. serratifolia
Binomial name
Photinia serratifolia
(Desf.) Kalkman
Synonyms[1]

Photinia serratifolia (syn. Photinia serrulata), commonly called Taiwanese photinia[2] or Chinese photinia is a flowering shrub or tree in the Rosaceae family of flowering plants, found in mixed forests of China, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia, and India. It grows typically 4–6 m (13–20 ft), sometimes up to 12 m (39 ft), tall.[3] Its leaves are toxic due to the presence of cyanogenic glycosides.[4]

Photinia serratifolia


References

  1. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)
  2. "Photinia serratifolia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  3. Lu, Lingdi; Spongberg, Stephen A., Flora of China entry for Photinia serratifolia (Vol. 9 Page 125), Missouri Botanical Garden & Harvard University Herbaria, retrieved 2009
  4. K. A. Jacobs, F. S. Santamour, Jr., G. R. Johnson, M. A. Dirrs (September 1996). "Differential Resistance to Entomosporium Leafspot Disease and Hydrogen Cyanide Potential in Photinia" (PDF). J. Environ. Hort. 14 (3): 154157.
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