Cotoneaster magnificus

J. Fryer & B. Hylmö

New Plantsman 5: 138, fig. p. 140 [lower left]. 1998.

Common names: Magnificent cotoneaster
Introduced
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 9. Treatment on page 456. Mentioned on page 453, 457.

Shrubs, 3–5 m. Stems erect, spreading, arching; branches spiraled and distichous, maroon, initially tomentose-pilose. Leaves deciduous; petiole 5–8 mm, pilose-villous; blade suborbiculate, broadly elliptic, ovate, or rhombic, 34–40 × 20–32 mm, subcoriaceous, base obtuse or cuneate, margins flat, veins 5 or 6, superficial, apex acute [acuminate or apiculate], abaxial surfaces pale green, initially densely pilose, soon glabrous, adaxial brownish or coppery green, soon light green, slightly shiny, not glaucous, flat between lateral-veins, glabrescent; fall leaves lacking notable color. Inflorescences on fertile shoots 25–40 mm with 3 or 4 leaves, 5–12-flowered, lax. Pedicels 3–12 mm, glabrate. Flowers 12–14 mm diam.; buds white; hypanthium cupulate, glabrous; sepals: margins sparsely villous, apex acute or obtuse, surfaces glabrous; petals spreading, white, with hair-tuft; stamens (16–) 20, filaments white, anthers white; styles (1 or) 2. Pomes red, dark red, red-purple, crimson, or rich red with cherry, globose or depressed-globose, 10–13 × 12–13 mm, slightly shiny, not glaucous, glabrous; sepals suberect, indumentum not recorded; navel semiopen; style remnants at or near apex. Pyrenes (1 or) 2.2n = 68.


Phenology: Flowering May–Jun; fruiting Sep–Nov.
Habitat: Thickets, hedgerows, edges
Elevation: 0–300 m

Distribution

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Introduced; Ill., Iowa, Asia (China)

Discussion

Cotoneaster magnificus was synonymized with C. multiflorus Bunge by L. Lingdi and A. R. Brach (2003). Flowers of the latter are 9–10 mm wide in clusters of 10–20, the flowering pedicels are to 7 mm, and the leaves are smaller, thinner, and tend to be ovate. Plants of C. magnificus have flowers 12–14 mm wide in clusters of 5–12, flowering pedicels are to 12 mm, and the leaves are larger, thicker, and mostly elliptic. Reports of wild C. multiflorus from Illinois (F. Swink and G. S. Wilhelm 1994; J. T. Kartesz and C. A. Meacham 2003) and Iowa (W. R. Norris et al. 2001; Kartesz and Meacham) are referred to C. magnificus.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

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glabrous +  and pilose +
lacking +, light green +, coppery green +  and brownish +
glabrescent +  and not glaucous +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
obtuse;acute;acute +
Jeanette Fryer +, Bertil Hylmö† +  and Peter F. Zika +
J. Fryer & B. Hylmö +
compound +  and simple +
opposite +  and alternate +
cuneate +  and obtuse +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (21 cm210 mm <br />0.21 m <br />) +
3.4 cm34 mm <br />0.034 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
rhombic +, ovate +, elliptic +  and suborbiculate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
subcoriaceous +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +  and 3.2 cm32 mm <br />0.032 m <br /> (?) +
distichous +  and spiraled +
tomentose-pilose +
adnate +  and distinct +
strigose +  and tomentose +
Magnificent cotoneaster +
Ill. +, Iowa +  and Asia (China) +
not +  and aggregated +
0–300 m +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
hairy +  and glabrous +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
not +  and aggregated +
not +  and aggregated +
1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
orange +  and red or purple +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
Thickets, hedgerows, edges +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
flattened +  and domed +
crassinucellate +
deciduous +
pinnate +  and entire +
2 (?) +  and 14 (?) +
revolute +  and flat +
inferior +  and superior +
biseriate +  and clustered +
collateral +  and basal +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
0 (?) +  and 4 (?) +
free +  and distinct +
1 +  and 5 +
orbiculate;spatulate +
pilose-villous +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
Flowering May–Jun +  and fruiting Sep–Nov. +
adnate +, free +, connate +  and distinct +
red with cherry +, rich +, crimson +, red-purple +, dark red +  and red +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
glabrous +  and not glaucous +
depressed-globose +  and globose +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
New Plantsman +
trigonous +  and planoconvex +
not arillate +
persistent +
free +  and distinct +
triangular +
tomentose +  and strigose +
Introduced +
free +  and distinct +
branched +  and simple +
arching +, spreading +  and erect +
1 +  and 25 +
short-adnate +
inconspicuous +
lanceolate;linear +
deciduous +
distinct +
lateral +  and terminal +
elongate +
Ostinia +
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species +
inconspicuous +
superficial +
6 (?) +  and 5 (?) +