Taxon: Aronia arbutifolia (L.) Pers.

Summary

Genus:

Aronia

Family:

Rosaceae

Subfamily:

Amygdaloideae

Tribe:

Maleae

Subtribe:

Malinae

Nomen number:

4245

Place of publication:

Syn. pl. 2(1):39. 1806

Comment:

non Photinia arbutifolia Lindl.

Verified:

12/11/2003 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

39 (34 active, 23 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Mespilus arbutifolia L.

Autonym(s)
Aronia arbutifolia (L.) Pers. var. arbutifolia

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Mespilus arbutifolia L. var. arbutifolia
Pyrus arbutifolia (L.) L. f.
Pyrus arbutifolia (L.) L. f. var. arbutifolia
Sorbus arbutifolia (L.) Heynh.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Aronia arbutifolia (L.) Pers. var. brilliantissima hort.
Crataegus pyrifolia Lam.
Hahnia arbutifolia (L.) Medik.
Hahnia arbutifolia (L.) Medik. var. arbutifolia
Photinia pyrifolia (Lam.) K. R. Robertson & J. B. Phipps

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Chester, E. W. et al. 1993-1997. Atlas of Tennessee vascular plants.
Clark, R. C. 1971. The woody plants of Alabama. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 58:183. Note: lists as Aronia arbutifolia (L.) Elliott; = Sorbus arbutifolia (L.) Heynh.
Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas Note: = Pyrus arbutifolia (L.) L. f.
Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1219-1220.
Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2 Note: lists as Aronia arbutifolia (L.) Elliott
Hardin, J. W. 1973. The enigmatic chokeberries (Aronia, Rosaceae). Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 100:178-184.
Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Johnson, F. L. & B. W. Hoagland. Catalog of the woody plants of Oklahoma (on-line resource).
Jones, R. L. 2005. Plant life of Kentucky: an illustrated guide to the vascular flora.
Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976)
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York.
Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Meyer, F. G. et al. 1994. A catalog of cultivated woody plants of the southeastern United States
Personal Care Products Council. International Nomenclature Cosmetic Ingredient
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. Note: = Sorbus arbutifolia (L.) Heynh.
Robertson, K. R. et al. 1991. A synopsis of genera in Maloideae (Rosaceae). Syst. Bot. 16:391. Note: = Photinia pyrifolia (Lam.) K. R. Robertson & J. B. Phipps
Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. Note: = Pyrus arbutifolia var. arbutifolia
Smith, E. B. 1978. An atlas and annotated list of the vascular plants of Arkansas Note: lists as Aronia arbutifolia (L.) Elliott; = Pyrus arbutifolia (L.) L. f.
Uttal, L. J. 1984. Nomenclatorial changes, lectotypification, and comments in Aronia Medikus (Rosaceae). Sida 10:199-202.
Virginia Botanical Associates. Digital atlas of the Virginia flora (on-line resource).
Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Weakley, A. S. 2007. Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and surrounding areas.
Wherry, E. T. et al. 1979. Atlas of the flora of Pennsylvania. Note: lists as Aronia arbutifolia (L.) Elliott
Wofford, B. E. Database of Tennessee vascular plants (on-line resource).

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	red chokeberry	1	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
French	aronia à feuilles d'arbousier	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1219-1220.
German	filzige Apfelbeere	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1219-1220.
Swedish	rödaronia	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	New Brunswick		Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. Note: = Pyrus arbutifolia var. arbutifolia
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Newfoundland and Labrador		Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. Note: = Pyrus arbutifolia var. arbutifolia
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Nova Scotia		Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. Note: = Pyrus arbutifolia var. arbutifolia
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Ontario	s.e.	Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. Note: = Pyrus arbutifolia var. arbutifolia
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Prince Edward Island		Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. Note: = Pyrus arbutifolia var. arbutifolia
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Québec	s.e.	Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. Note: = Pyrus arbutifolia var. arbutifolia
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Oklahoma	s.e.?	Johnson, F. L. & B. W. Hoagland. Catalog of the woody plants of Oklahoma (on-line resource).
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Connecticut		Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Maine	s.	Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Massachusetts		Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New Hampshire	s.e.	Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New Jersey		Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2 Note: lists as Aronia arbutifolia (L.) Elliott
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New York		Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Pennsylvania		Wherry, E. T. et al. 1979. Atlas of the flora of Pennsylvania. Note: lists as Aronia arbutifolia (L.) Elliott
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Rhode Island		Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	West Virginia		Harmon, P. J. et al. 2006. Checklist and atlas of the vascular flora of West Virginia.
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas		Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas Note: = Pyrus arbutifolia (L.) L. f.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Alabama		Clark, R. C. 1971. The woody plants of Alabama. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 58:183.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Arkansas		Smith, E. B. 1978. An atlas and annotated list of the vascular plants of Arkansas
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Delaware		Weakley, A. S. 2007. Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and surrounding areas.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Florida	http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/main.asp?plantID=3721	Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen. Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource).
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Georgia		Weakley, A. S. 2007. Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and surrounding areas.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Kentucky		Jones, R. L. 2005. Plant life of Kentucky: an illustrated guide to the vascular flora.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Louisiana		Weakley, A. S. 2007. Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and surrounding areas.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Maryland		Brown, R. G. & M. L. Brown. 1972. Woody plants of Maryland
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Mississippi		Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	North Carolina		Weakley, A. S. 2007. Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and surrounding areas.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	South Carolina		Weakley, A. S. 2007. Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and surrounding areas.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Tennessee		Wofford, B. E. Database of Tennessee vascular plants (on-line resource).
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Virginia		Virginia Botanical Associates. Digital atlas of the Virginia flora (on-line resource).
2	Cultivated					also cult.	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening

Native
Northern America

EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Québec (s.e.), Nova Scotia, Ontario (s.e.), Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador]
NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Maine (s.), Massachusetts, New Hampshire (s.e.), New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, West Virginia]
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Oklahoma (s.e.?)]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida (http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/main.asp?plantID=3721), Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]

Cultivated (also cult.)

Reference(s)

Brown, R. G. & M. L. Brown. 1972. Woody plants of Maryland
Clark, R. C. 1971. The woody plants of Alabama. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 58:183.
Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas Note: = Pyrus arbutifolia (L.) L. f.
Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2 Note: lists as Aronia arbutifolia (L.) Elliott
Harmon, P. J. et al. 2006. Checklist and atlas of the vascular flora of West Virginia.
Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Johnson, F. L. & B. W. Hoagland. Catalog of the woody plants of Oklahoma (on-line resource).
Jones, R. L. 2005. Plant life of Kentucky: an illustrated guide to the vascular flora.
Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York.
Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas.
Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. Note: = Pyrus arbutifolia var. arbutifolia
Smith, E. B. 1978. An atlas and annotated list of the vascular plants of Arkansas
Virginia Botanical Associates. Digital atlas of the Virginia flora (on-line resource).
Weakley, A. S. 2007. Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and surrounding areas.
Wherry, E. T. et al. 1979. Atlas of the flora of Pennsylvania. Note: lists as Aronia arbutifolia (L.) Elliott
Wofford, B. E. Database of Tennessee vascular plants (on-line resource).
Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen. Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource).

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental		Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Environmental	ornamental		Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=4245. Accessed 17 April 2026.