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The genus Cotoneaster is in the family Rosaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Cotoneaster

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Cotoneaster acuminatus Lindl.	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster acutifolius Turcz.	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster adpressus Bois	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster affinis Lindl.	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster ambiguus Rehder & E.H. Wilson	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster apiculatus Rehder & E.H. Wilson	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster bullatus Bois	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster buxifolius Wall. ex Lindl.	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster chengkangensis T.T. Yu	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster conspicuus (Messel) Messel	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster coriaceus Franch.	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster cotoneaster (L.) H. Karst.	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster dammeri C.K. Schneid.	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster dielsianus E. Pritz. ex Diels	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster divaricatus Rehder & E.H. Wilson	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster fangianus T.T. Yu	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster floridus J. Fryer & B. Hylmö	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster foveolatus Rehder & E.H. Wilson	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster franchetii Bois	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster frigidus Wall. ex Lindl.	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster glabratus Rehder & E.H. Wilson	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster glaucophyllus Franch.	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster glomerulatus W.W. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster gracilis Rehder & E.H. Wilson	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster harrovianus E.H. Wilson	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster harrysmithii Flinck & B. Hylmö	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster hebephyllus Diels	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster hissaricus Pojark.	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster horizontalis Decne.	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster insignis Pojark.	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster integerrimus Medik.	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster krasnovii Pojark.	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster langei G. Klotz	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster marginatus (Loudon) Schltdl.	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster melanocarpus Lodd., G. Lodd. & W. Lodd.	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster microphyllus Wall. ex Lindl.	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster miniatus (Rehder & E.H. Wilson) Flinck & B. Hylmö	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster mongolicus Pojark.	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster morrisonensis Hayata	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster moupinensis Franch.	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster multiflorus Bunge	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster neoantoninae A.N. Vassiljeva	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster neopopovii Czerep.	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster nitens Rehder & E.H. Wilson	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster nitidifolius C. Marquand	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster nitidus Jacq.	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster nummularioides Pojark.	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster nummularius Fisch. & C.A. Mey.	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster obscurus Rehder & E.H. Wilson	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster oliganthus Pojark.	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster pannosus Franch.	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster qungbixiensis J. Fryer & B. Hylmö	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster racemiflorus (Desf.) K. Koch	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster reticulatus Rehder & E.H. Wilson	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster rhytidophyllus Rehder & E.H. Wilson	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster rotundifolius Wall. ex Lindl.	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster rubens W.W. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster salicifolius Franch.	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster sanguineus T.T. Yu	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster schantungensis Klotz	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster sherriffii G. Klotz	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster silvestrii Pamp.	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster soongoricus (Regel) Popov	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster sternianus (Turrill) Boom	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster subadpressus T.T. Yu	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster submultiflorus Popov	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster taylorii T.T. Yu	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster tenuipes Rehder & E.H. Wilson	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster transcaucasicus Pojark.	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster turbinatus Craib	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster uniflorus Bunge	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster verruculosus Diels	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster wardii W.W. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Cotoneaster zabelii C.K. Schneid.	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 265 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Cotoneaster. Of these 74 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 108 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Cotoneaster. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 265 species names for the genus Cotoneaster recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	74	27.9%
◕	Synonym	124	46.8%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	67	25.3%

All names

The status of the 373 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Cotoneaster recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	117	31.4%
◕	Synonym	189	50.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	67	18.0%

The confidence with which the status of the 265 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Cotoneaster, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	74	121	0	0	195	73.6%
	Low confidence	0	3	0	67	70	26.4%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Cotoneaster, are as follows: