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Taxon:  Cotoneaster laxiflorus J. Jacq. ex Lindl.



Summary
Genus:
Cotoneaster
Family:
Rosaceae
Subfamily:
Amygdaloideae
Tribe:
Maleae
Subtribe:
Malinae
Nomen number:
11757
Place of publication:
Edwards's Bot. Reg. 15: t. 1229. 1829; t. 1305. 1830 "laxiflora"
Verified:
08/18/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Cotoneaster melanocarpus (Ledeb.) Lodd. et al. ex M. Roem. var. laxiflorus (J. Jacq. ex Lindl.) C. K. Schneid.
Cotoneaster niger (Wahlb.) Fr. var. laxiflorus (J. Jacq. ex Lindl.) Dippel

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cotoneaster melanocarpus (Ledeb.) Lodd. et al. ex M. Roem.
Cotoneaster melanocarpus (Ledeb.) Lodd. et al. ex M. Roem. var. melanocarpus
Cotoneaster niger (Wahlb.) Fr.
Cotoneaster niger (Wahlb.) Fr. var. niger
Cotoneaster vulgaris Lindl. var. melanocarpus Ledeb.
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Reference(s)
  1. Dickoré, W. B. & G. Kasperek. 2010. Species of Cotoneaster (Rosaceae, Maloideae) indigenous to, naturalising or commonly cultivated in central Europe. Willdenowia 40:32.
  2. Flinck, K. E. & B. Hylmö. 1966. A list of series and species in the genus Cotoneaster. Bot. Not. 119:454.
  3. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  4. Klotz, G. 1957. Überbersicht über die in Kultur befindlichen Cotoneaster-Arten und -Formen. Wiss. Z. Martin-Luther-Univ. Halle-Wittenburg 6:961.
  5. Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976) Note: = Cotoneaster niger var. "latiflorus" (J. Jacq. ex Lindl.) C. K. Schneid.
  6. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. Note: = Cotoneaster melanocarpus var. laxiflorus (J. Jacq. ex Lindl.) C. K. Schneid.
  7. Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs. Note: = Cotoneaster melanocarpus var. laxiflorus (J. Jacq. ex Lindl.) C. K. Schneid.
  8. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Common names
German
schwarze Zwergmispel –
Transcribed Chinese
hei guo xun zi –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationDagestan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian Federation-CiscaucasiaCiscaucasia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGansu Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHebei Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHeilongjiang Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJilin Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaNei Mongol Zizhiqu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShanxi Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTajikistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMongoliaMongolia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationAltay 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationBuryatia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationChita 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationGorno-Altay 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationIrkutsk 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationKemerovo 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationKrasnoyarsk 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationKurgan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationNovosibirsk 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationOmsk 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationTomsk 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationTuva 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationTyumens.
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationYakutia-Sakha 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey e.
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean part 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeUkraine  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeCzech Republic  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropePoland  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSlovakia  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeDenmark  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeNorway  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeSweden  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeFormer Yugoslavia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Turkey (e.)
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Dagestan]
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Altay, Buryatia, Chita, Gorno-Altay, Irkutsk, Kemerovo, Krasnoyarsk, Kurgan, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Tomsk, Tuva, Tyumen (s.), Yakutia-Sakha]
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Tajikistan
  • MONGOLIA: Mongolia
  • CHINA: China [Gansu Sheng, Hebei Sheng, Heilongjiang Sheng, Jilin Sheng, Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, Shanxi Sheng, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu]
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Norway, Sweden
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Ukraine
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamentalas C. melanocarpusKomarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=11757. Accessed 29 May 2025.