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| Pourthiaea | |
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| Pourthiaea villosa, Kórnik Arboretum, Poland | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Subfamily: | Amygdaloideae |
| Tribe: | Maleae |
| Genus: | Pourthiaea Decne. |
Pourthiaea is a genus of deciduous shrubs and small trees in the rose family (Rosaceae), tribe Maleae.[1][2] Recent genetic studies have shown the genus to be monophyletic; prior to this, the genus was formerly treated either as a section within Photinia, or alternatively as a synonym of Aronia; some of the species have also been treated in Stranvaesia in the past.[2][3]
Its native range is East Asia and Indo-China. It is found in the regions of Assam, Bangladesh, (north-central, south-central and southeastern) China, East Himalaya, Japan, Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet and Vietnam.[1]
The genus name of Pourthiaea is in honour of J. A. Pourthié (1830–1866), a French clergyman and also missionary in Korea.[4] It was first described and published in the Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris), Volume 10, page 146, in 1874.[1]
Species
[edit]The Plants of the World Online database accepts 17 species:[1]
- Pourthiaea amphidoxa (C.K.Schneid.) Stapf
- Pourthiaea arguta (Wall. ex Lindl.) Decne.
- Pourthiaea beauverdiana (C.K.Schneid.) Hatus.
- Pourthiaea blinii (H.Lév.) Iketani & H.Ohashi
- Pourthiaea brevifolia (Cardot) B.B.Liu
- Pourthiaea dabeishanensis (M.B.Deng & G.Yao) B.B.Liu
- Pourthiaea hirsuta (Hand.-Mazz.) Iketani & H.Ohashi
- Pourthiaea impressivena (Hayata) Iketani & H.Ohashi
- Pourthiaea lucida Decne.
- Pourthiaea magnoliifolia (Z.H.Chen) B.B.Liu
- Pourthiaea pilosicalyx (T.T.Yu) Iketani & H.Ohashi
- Pourthiaea pustulata (Lindl.) B.B.Liu
- Pourthiaea salicifolia Decne.
- Pourthiaea sorbifolia (W.B.Liao & W.Guo) B.B.Liu & D.Y.Hong
- Pourthiaea tomentosa (T.T.Yu & T.C.Ku) Long Y.Wang, W.Guo & W.B.Liao
- Pourthiaea villosa (Thunb.) Decne.
- Pourthiaea zhejiangensis (P.L.Chiu) Iketani & H.Ohashi
Cultivation
[edit]Some species in the genus have been introduced into Malaya, and the American states of Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Washington.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 "Pourthiaea Decne. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
- 1 2 Lou, Yi-Lei; Jin, Ze-Tao; Ma, Dai-Kun; Liu, Bin-Bin (2022-07-19). "A comprehensive checklist of the deciduous photinia genus Pourthiaea (Maleae, Rosaceae), with emphasis on their validity and typification". PhytoKeys (202): 1–33. Bibcode:2022PhytK.202....1L. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.202.85822. ISSN 1314-2003. PMC 9848886. PMID 36761820.
- ↑ Liu, Guang-Ning; Ma, Dai-Kun; Zhang, Yu; Hodel, Richard G.J.; Xie, Si-Yu; Wang, Hui; Jin, Ze-Tao; Li, Fu-Xing; Jin, Shui-Hu; Zhao, Liang; Xu, Chao; Wei, Yu; Liu, Bin-Bin (2023). "Phylogenomic analyses support a new infrageneric classification of Pourthiaea (Maleae, Rosaceae) using multiple inference methods and extensive taxon sampling". Taxon. 72 (6): 1285–1302. Bibcode:2023Taxon..72.1285L. doi:10.1002/tax.13083. ISSN 0040-0262. Retrieved 2026-02-06.
- ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.