Biology:Eriobotrya
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Eriobotrya is a genus of flowering plants, mostly large evergreen shrubs and small trees, in the family Rosaceae, native to woodland in the Himalayas and East Asia. The loquat, E. japonica, is grown for its edible fruit.[1]
Eriobotrya species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Hypercompe hambletoni.
Species
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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| Eriobotrya angustissima Hook. f. | Assam, Vietnam | ||
| Eriobotrya averyanovii Idrees & J.M.H.Shaw | Laos | ||
| Eriobotrya balgooyi K.M.Wong & Ent | Sabah | ||
| A cluster of whitish flowers in a tree | Eriobotrya bengalensis Hook. f. | India, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, China (Guizhou and Yunnan) | |
| Eriobotrya capitata Aver. | Laos | ||
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Eriobotrya cavaleriei (H. Lév.) Rehder | China and Vietnam | |
| Eriobotrya condaoensis X.F.Gao, Idrees & T.V.Do | South-east Vietnam | ||
| Eriobotrya crassifolia Q.Fan, S.F.Chen & K.K.Meng | China (Yunnan) | ||
| Eriobotrya × daduheensis H.Z.Zhang ex W.B.Liao, Q.Fan & M.Y.Ding | China (Sichuan) | ||
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Eriobotrya deflexa (Hemsl.) Nakai | Bronze Loquat | China, Taiwan and Vietnam |
| Eriobotrya dubia Decne. | India, Bhutan and Nepal | ||
| Eriobotrya elliptica Lindl. | Nepal, China (Xizang) and Vietnam | ||
| Eriobotrya fragrans Champ. ex Benth. | China and Vietnam | ||
| Eriobotrya fusca K.C.Kuan ex X.F.Gao & Idrees | China (Yunnan) | ||
| Eriobotrya henryi Nakai | Myanmar, China (Guizhou and Yunnan) and Vietnam | ||
| Eriobotrya hongiaoensis Yahara & Tagane | Vietnam | ||
| Eriobotrya hookeriana Decne. | Sikkim, Bhutan and Nepal | ||
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Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl. | Loquat | Japan, China and Vietnam |
| Eriobotrya kwangsiensis Chun ex X.H.Yang & S.Q.Lin | China | ||
| Eriobotrya laoshanica W.B.Liao, Q.Fan & S.F.Chen | China | ||
| Eriobotrya latifolia Hook.f. | Myanmar | ||
| Eriobotrya longifolia (Decne.) Hook.f. | Arunachal Pradesh | ||
| Eriobotrya macrocarpa Kurz | Myanmar | ||
| Eriobotrya malipoensis K.C.Kuan | China (Yunnan) | ||
| Eriobotrya merguiensis J.E.Vidal | Myanmar | ||
| Eriobotrya obovata W.W. Sm. | China (Yunnan) | ||
| Eriobotrya petiolata Hook. f. | Bhutan and Sikkim | ||
| Eriobotrya platyphylla Merr. | Myanmar | ||
| Eriobotrya poilanei J.E.Vidal | Vietnam | ||
| Eriobotrya prinoides Rehder & E. H. Wilson | China (Sichuan and Yunnan) and Laos | ||
| Eriobotrya salwinensis Hand.-Mazz. | China (Yunnan), India, Myanmar | ||
| Eriobotrya seguinii (H. Lév.) Cardot ex Guill. | China (Guizhou and Yunnan) and Vietnam | ||
| Eriobotrya serrata J.E. Vidal | China (Guangxi, Yunnan), Laos and Vietnam | ||
| Eriobotrya shanense D.H.Kang, H.G.Ong & Y.D.Kim | Myanmar | ||
| Eriobotrya stipularis Craib | Thailand to Cambodia | ||
| Eriobotrya tengyuehensi W.W. Sm. | China (Yunnan), Myanmar | ||
| Eriobotrya tsiangii Idrees & J.M.H.Shaw | China (Yunnan) |
References
- ↑ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. pp. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
External links
Data related to Eriobotrya at Wikispecies- Flora of China
Wikidata ☰ Q1550170 entry
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