Genus Photinia Lindl.


Summary
Genus number:
9277
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Rosaceae
Subfamily:
Amygdaloideae
Tribe:
Maleae
Subtribe:
Malinae
Accession count:

66 (12  active, 2  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (Madrid ICN Art. 14.9 & App. III)


Synonyms
Possible synonym(s)

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References:
  1. Barrie, F. R. 2011. Report of the General Committee: 11. Taxon 60:1213. Note: proposal recommended
  2. Brummitt, R. K. 2011. Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Vascular Plants: 62. Taxon 60:231. Note: proposal recommended
  3. Campbell, C. S. et al. 2007. Phylogeny of subtribe Pyrinae (formerly the Maloideae, Rosaceae): Limited resolution of a complex evolutionary history. Pl. Syst. Evol. 266:141. Note: molecular data from this study do not place Photinia with either Aronia or Stranvaesia
  4. Guo, W. et al. 2011. A phylogeny of Photinia sensu lato (Rosaceae) and related genera based on nrITS and cpDNA analysis. Pl. Syst. Evol. 291:91-102. Note: "all phylogenetic trees produced indicated that Stranvaesia should be merged into Photinia, while Pourthiaea and Aronia should be delimited as two separate genera"
  5. International Society for Horticultural Science. International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource).
  6. Kalkman, C. 2004. Rosaceae. In: Kubitzki, K., ed., The families and genera of vascular plants. 6:376. Note: = Aronia Medik.
  7. Liu, B.-B. et al. 2019. Phylogenomic analyses of the Photinia complex support the recognition of a new genus Phippsiomeles and the resurrection of a redefined Stranvaesia in Maleae (Rosaceae). J. Syst. Evol. 57:678-694. DOI: 10.1111/jse.12542.
  8. Nesom, G. L. & K. N. Gandhi. 2009. (1884-1885) Proposals to conserve the names Photinia, with a conserved type, and Heteromeles (Rosaceae). Taxon 58:310-311.
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/taxonomygenus?id=9277. Accessed 14 April 2026.