Biology:Cotoneaster roseus
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Cotoneaster roseus | |
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| Pink and white flowers | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Cotoneaster |
| Species: | C. roseus
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| Binomial name | |
| Cotoneaster roseus Edgew.[1]
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Cotoneaster roseus is native to portions of the Himalayas, Iran, northern and western Pakistan , northwest India and Kashmir.[1] The Latin name roseus means rosy or pink, and refers to its flower petals. It was first described by the Irish botanist Michael Pakenham Edgeworth as Cotoneaster rosea in 1846.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cotoneaster roseus was first described and published (as C. rosea) in Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 20:46. 1846 {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Cotoneaster roseus | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = August 24, 2011 }}
Wikidata ☰ Q5175445 entry
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