Taxon: Cotoneaster laxiflorus J. Jacq. ex Lindl.

Summary

Genus:

Cotoneaster

Family:

Rosaceae

Subfamily:

Amygdaloideae

Tribe:

Maleae

Subtribe:

Malinae

Nomen number:

11757

Place of publication:

Edwards's Bot. Reg. 15: t. 1229. 1829; t. 1305. 1830 "laxiflora"

Verified:

08/18/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

15 (3 active, 1 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

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

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Cotoneaster melanocarpus (Ledeb.) Lodd. et al. ex M. Roem. var. laxiflorus (J. Jacq. ex Lindl.) C. K. Schneid.
Cotoneaster niger (Wahlb.) Fr. var. laxiflorus (J. Jacq. ex Lindl.) Dippel

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cotoneaster melanocarpus (Ledeb.) Lodd. et al. ex M. Roem.
Cotoneaster melanocarpus (Ledeb.) Lodd. et al. ex M. Roem. var. melanocarpus
Cotoneaster niger (Wahlb.) Fr.
Cotoneaster niger (Wahlb.) Fr. var. niger
Cotoneaster vulgaris Lindl. var. melanocarpus Ledeb.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Dickoré, W. B. & G. Kasperek. 2010. Species of Cotoneaster (Rosaceae, Maloideae) indigenous to, naturalising or commonly cultivated in central Europe. Willdenowia 40:32.
Flinck, K. E. & B. Hylmö. 1966. A list of series and species in the genus Cotoneaster. Bot. Not. 119:454.
Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Klotz, G. 1957. Überbersicht über die in Kultur befindlichen Cotoneaster-Arten und -Formen. Wiss. Z. Martin-Luther-Univ. Halle-Wittenburg 6:961.
Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976) Note: = Cotoneaster niger var. "latiflorus" (J. Jacq. ex Lindl.) C. K. Schneid.
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada Note: = Cotoneaster melanocarpus var. laxiflorus (J. Jacq. ex Lindl.) C. K. Schneid.
Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs. Note: = Cotoneaster melanocarpus var. laxiflorus (J. Jacq. ex Lindl.) C. K. Schneid.
Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	note	seq	Citation
German	schwarze Zwergmispel		as Cotoneaster niger	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1330. Note: as Cotoneaster melanocarpus
Transcribed Chinese	hei guo xun zi		as Cotoneaster melanocarpus	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: as Cotoneaster melanocarpus

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Armenia			Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Azerbaijan			Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Georgia			Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Russian Federation	Dagestan		Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia	Ciscaucasia		Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Gansu Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Hebei Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Heilongjiang Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Jilin Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Nei Mongol Zizhiqu		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Shanxi Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Kazakhstan			Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Tajikistan			Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Mongolia	Mongolia			Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Altay		Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000-. Flora of Siberia (English translation) Note: lists as Cotoneaster melanocarpus Fisch. ex Blytt
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Buryatia		Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000-. Flora of Siberia (English translation) Note: lists as Cotoneaster melanocarpus Fisch. ex Blytt
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Chita		Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000-. Flora of Siberia (English translation) Note: lists as Cotoneaster melanocarpus Fisch. ex Blytt
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Gorno-Altay		Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000-. Flora of Siberia (English translation) Note: lists as Cotoneaster melanocarpus Fisch. ex Blytt
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Irkutsk		Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000-. Flora of Siberia (English translation) Note: lists as Cotoneaster melanocarpus Fisch. ex Blytt
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Kemerovskaja oblast'		Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000-. Flora of Siberia (English translation) Note: lists as Cotoneaster melanocarpus Fisch. ex Blytt
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Krasnoyarsk		Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000-. Flora of Siberia (English translation) Note: lists as Cotoneaster melanocarpus Fisch. ex Blytt
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Kurganskaja oblast'		Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000-. Flora of Siberia (English translation) Note: lists as Cotoneaster melanocarpus Fisch. ex Blytt
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Novosibirsk		Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000-. Flora of Siberia (English translation) Note: lists as Cotoneaster melanocarpus Fisch. ex Blytt
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Omsk		Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000-. Flora of Siberia (English translation) Note: lists as Cotoneaster melanocarpus Fisch. ex Blytt
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Tomsk		Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000-. Flora of Siberia (English translation) Note: lists as Cotoneaster melanocarpus Fisch. ex Blytt
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Tyumen	s.	Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000-. Flora of Siberia (English translation) Note: lists as Cotoneaster melanocarpus Fisch. ex Blytt
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Tyva, Respublika		Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000-. Flora of Siberia (English translation) Note: lists as Cotoneaster melanocarpus Fisch. ex Blytt
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Yakutia-Sakha		Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000-. Flora of Siberia (English translation) Note: lists as Cotoneaster melanocarpus Fisch. ex Blytt
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Turkey		e.	Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. Note: lists as Cotoneaster melanocarpus (Bunge) Fisch.
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation-European part	European part		Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Ukraine			Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Czech Republic			Dickoré, W. B. & G. Kasperek. 2010. Species of Cotoneaster (Rosaceae, Maloideae) indigenous to, naturalising or commonly cultivated in central Europe. Willdenowia 40:32.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Hungary			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: lists as Cotoneaster melanocarpus Lodd. ex C. K. Schneid.; = C. niger (Thunb.) Fr.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Poland			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: lists as Cotoneaster melanocarpus Lodd. ex C. K. Schneid.; = C. niger (Thunb.) Fr.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Slovakia			Dickoré, W. B. & G. Kasperek. 2010. Species of Cotoneaster (Rosaceae, Maloideae) indigenous to, naturalising or commonly cultivated in central Europe. Willdenowia 40:32.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Denmark			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: lists as Cotoneaster melanocarpus Lodd. ex C. K. Schneid.; = C. niger (Thunb.) Fr.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Norway			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: lists as Cotoneaster melanocarpus Lodd. ex C. K. Schneid.; = C. niger (Thunb.) Fr.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Sweden			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: lists as Cotoneaster melanocarpus Lodd. ex C. K. Schneid.; = C. niger (Thunb.) Fr.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Bulgaria			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: lists as Cotoneaster melanocarpus Lodd. ex C. K. Schneid.; = C. niger (Thunb.) Fr.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Former Yugoslavia			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: lists as Cotoneaster melanocarpus Lodd. ex C. K. Schneid.; = C. niger (Thunb.) Fr.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Romania			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: lists as Cotoneaster melanocarpus Lodd. ex C. K. Schneid.; = C. niger (Thunb.) Fr.
2	Cultivated					also cult.

Native
Asia-Temperate

WESTERN ASIA: Turkey (e.)
CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Dagestan]
SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Altay, Buryatia, Chita, Gorno-Altay, Irkutsk, Kemerovskaja oblast', Krasnoyarsk, Kurganskaja oblast', Novosibirsk, Omsk, Tomsk, Tyumen (s.), Tyva, Respublika, Yakutia-Sakha]
MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Tajikistan
MONGOLIA: Mongolia
CHINA: China [Gansu Sheng, Hebei Sheng, Heilongjiang Sheng, Jilin Sheng, Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, Shanxi Sheng, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu]

Europe

NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Norway, Sweden
MIDDLE EUROPE: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia
EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Ukraine
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania

Cultivated (also cult.)

Reference(s)

Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. Note: lists as Cotoneaster melanocarpus (Bunge) Fisch.
Dickoré, W. B. & G. Kasperek. 2010. Species of Cotoneaster (Rosaceae, Maloideae) indigenous to, naturalising or commonly cultivated in central Europe. Willdenowia 40:32.
Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000-. Flora of Siberia (English translation) Note: lists as Cotoneaster melanocarpus Fisch. ex Blytt
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: lists as Cotoneaster melanocarpus Lodd. ex C. K. Schneid.; = C. niger (Thunb.) Fr.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental	as Cotoneaster melanocarpus	Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR. Note: as Cotoneaster melanocarpus

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=11757. Accessed 15 April 2026.