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3333.010 Pyracantha
Description of the genus
Thorny shrubs. Stipules caducous. Leaves simple, entire, serrate or crenate. Flowers in corymbs. Petals 5, white. Stamens numerous. Carpels 5; ovules 2. Styles 5. Fruit red, orange or yellow, with 5 pyrenes. Worldwide: 9 species in SE Europe and Asia Malawi: 2 cultivated taxa. |
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Links to cultivated taxa View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| angustifolia (Planch.) Schneid. | Description, Image |
| cf. crenulata (Roxb.) M. Roem. | Image |
Other sources of information about Pyracantha:
Our websites:
Flora of Malawi: PyracanthaFlora of Zimbabwe: Pyracantha
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Pyracantha
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): PyracanthaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Pyracantha
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Pyracantha
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Pyracantha
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Pyracantha
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pyracantha
JSTOR Plant Science: Pyracantha
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Pyracantha
Plants of the World Online: Pyracantha
Tropicos: Pyracantha
Wikipedia: Pyracantha
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