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This species is accepted, and its native range is S. Siberia to China, Taiwan.

Native to:

Buryatiya, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Mongolia, Qinghai, Taiwan, Tibet

Introduced into:

Alberta, Austria, Baltic States, British Columbia, Central European Rus, Colorado, East European Russia, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Manitoba, Minnesota, North European Russi, Norway, Ontario, Poland, Québec, Saskatchewan, Sweden, Washington, Wyoming

Cotoneaster acutifolius Turcz. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Potanin [s.n.], China K000442365 Unknown type material
Potanin [s.n.], China K000442362 Unknown type material
Przewalsky [s.n.], China K000442364 Unknown type material
Przewalsky [s.n.], China K000442363 Unknown type material
s.coll. [s.n.] K000442385 Unknown type material
Lange, J. [s.n.] Cotoneaster lucidus K000442387 Unknown type material
Lange, J. [s.n.] Cotoneaster lucidus K000442386 Unknown type material

First published in Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 5: 190 (1832)

Accepted by

  • Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
  • Dickoré, W.B. & Kasperek, G. (2010). Species of Cotoneaster (Rosaceae, Maloideae) indigenous to, naturalising or commonly cultivated in Central Europe Willdenowia 40: 13-45.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2003). Flora of China 9: 1-494. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2014). Flora of North America North of Mexico 9: 1-713. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
  • Kurtto, A., Sennikov, A.N. & Lampinen, R. (2013). Atlas Florae Europaeae. Distribution of vascular plants in Europe 16: 1-168.
  • Dickoré, W.B. & Kasperek, G. (2010). Species of Cotoneaster (Rosaceae, Maloideae) indigenous to, naturalising or commonly cultivated in Central Europe Willdenowia 40: 13-45.
  • Polozhij, A.V. & Malyschev (eds.) (2004). Flora of Siberia 8: 1-197. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2003). Flora of China 9: 1-494. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

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