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 Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  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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