Photinia prunifolia (Hook. & Arn.) Lindl.

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

21. Photinia prunifolia (Hook. & Arn.) Lindl. , Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 23: sub t. 1956. 1837.

Fig. 9 Common name: 桃叶石楠 (Chinese name); pinyin (spelled as sounds in Chinese): tao ye shi nan

≡ Photinia serrulata var. prunifolia Hook. & Arn. , Bot. Beechey Voy. 4: 185. 1833. ≡ Pyrus uranus M. F. Fay & Christenh. , Global Fl. 4: 124. 2018.

= Photinia melanostigma Hance , J. Bot. 20: 5. 1882. Type: CHINA. Guangdong, North River, March 1881, B. C. Henry 21691 (holotype: BM [barcode BM 000602202 !]). Image of holotype available from https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.bm000602202.

= Photinia consimilis Hand. - Mazz. , Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math. - Naturwiss. Kl. 59: 103. 1922. Type: CHINA. Hunan: Dschaoschan (= Shaoshan), 27 October 1917, Handel-Mazzetti 11382 (lectotype, designated here: WU [barcode 0059452!]). Hunan: Shaoshan, 27 October 1917, Handel-Mazzetti 11382 (syntype: WU [barcode 0059467!]). ibidem, 16 February 1918, Handel-Mazzetti 11472 (syntype: WU [barcode 0059453!]). Image of lectotype available from https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.wu0059467.

= Photinia prunifolia var. denticulata T. T. Yu , Acta Phytotax. Sin. 8 (3): 228. 1963. Type: CHINA. Zhejiang, Pingyang, 28 June 1959, S. R. Zhang 5867 (holotype: PE [barcode 00026328!]; isotypes: KUN [barcode 607582!], HTC [barcode 0003151!]).

= Photinia stapfii Chun , nom. nud.

Type.

China. Macao and adjacent islands, Beechey s. n. (lectotype, designated by Wang et al. (2019: 68): K [barcode K 000758258 !]; isolectotypes: E [barcode E 00369054 !]) . Image of lectotype available from https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.k000758258.

Distribution.

Cambodia, China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hongkong, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang), and Vietnam.

Figures

Figure 9. Fine structure of Photinia prunifolia, encompassing various developmental stages and perspectives. A inflorescence branch B, C inflorescence branchlet D bottom perspective of an individual flower E top view of a single flower F, G longitudinal section through the ovary H stamens I petals J dissected flower showing internal structures K cross-section of the immature ovary L an infructescence branch M, N comparative fruit in both inmature and mature states O fruit, viewed from above P longitudinal section of fruit Q cross-sections of fruit R fully matured seed. The inflorescence branches (A – K) were collected on April 13, 2024. The infructescence branches in the immature state (L, M) were collected on October 7, 2023, while the remaining samples (N – R) were gathered on November 29, 2023. Ting Wang was responsible for the collection of all fresh specimens at the Hangzhou Botanical Garden (Zhejiang, China). Furthermore, Bin-Jie Ge (Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai, China) dissected and photographed all the samples.