Photinia loriformis W. W. Sm.

Wang, Hui, Li, Xiao-Ya, Jiang, Yan, Jin, Ze-Tao, Ma, Dai-Kun, Liu, Bing, Xu, Chao, Ge, Bin-Jie, Wang, Ting, Fan, Qiang, Jin, Shui-Hu, Liu, Guang-Ning & Liu, Bin-Bin, 2024, Refining the phylogeny and taxonomy of the apple tribe Maleae (Rosaceae): insights from phylogenomic analyses of 563 plastomes and a taxonomic synopsis of Photinia and its allies in the Old World, PhytoKeys 242, pp. 161-227 : 161-227

16. Photinia loriformis W. W. Sm. , Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 10: 60. 1917.

≡ Pyrus loriformis (W. W. Sm.) M. F. Fay & Christenh. , Global Fl. 4: 111. 2018.

Type.

China. Yunnan, Yunnanfu (= Kunming ), E. E. Maire 1118 (lectotype, designated here: E [barcode E 00011317 !]; isolectotypes: A [barcode A 00045580 !], K [barcode K 000758253 !]) . E. E. Maire 1117 (syntype: E [barcode E 00285982 !]) , E. E. Maire 1755 (syntype: E [barcode E 00285984 !]), E. E. Maire 2099 (syntype: E [barcode E 00285985 !]) . Note B. Image of lectotype available from https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.e00011317.

Distribution.

China (Sichuan and Yunnan).

Note B.

In the protologue, the author referenced four collections collected by E. E. Maire: 1118, 1117, 1755, and 2099, all housed in the herbarium E. However, Smith did not designate a specific type, meaning all four collections are syntypes. A lectotypification is required ( Turland et al. 2018). Upon examination of each specimen from the herbarium E, it was observed that E. E. Maire 1117 (barcode E 00285982 ) and 1755 (barcode E 00285984 ) lack flowers and fruits. E. E. Maire 2099 (barcode E 00285985 ) has fruits, but they are damaged by worms. As a result, E. E. Maire 1118 (barcode E 00011317 ), which is in good condition and has flowers, has been selected as the lectotype.