Cotoneaster multiflorusBunge

cotoneaster

WFO wfo-0001017036 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Cotoneaster multiflorus, photographed by Katrin Simon
fig. a Katrin Simon, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-09-17 / obs. 158099434
Cotoneaster multiflorus, photographed by Katrin Simon
fig. b Katrin Simon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 158099483
Cotoneaster multiflorus, photographed by Katrin Simon
fig. c Katrin Simon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 158099466
Cotoneaster multiflorus, photographed by Katrin Simon
fig. d Katrin Simon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 158099449

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Native range 20 botanical countries

Regions where Cotoneaster multiflorus is native: Afghanistan, Altay, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Inner Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Korea, Manchuria, Qinghai, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang, West Himalaya, Türkiye-in-Europe AfghanistanAltayChina North-CentralChina South-CentralChina SoutheastInner MongoliaKazakhstanKirgizstanManchuriaQinghaiTadzhikistanTibetTranscaucasusTürkiyeTurkmenistanUzbekistanXinjiangWest HimalayaTürkiye-in-Europe Korea
Native distribution of Cotoneaster multiflorus, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Altay ALT
China North-Central CHN
China South-Central CHC
China Southeast CHS
Inner Mongolia CHI
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kirgizstan KGZ
Korea KOR
Manchuria CHM
Qinghai CHQ
Tadzhikistan TZK
Tibet CHT
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
Uzbekistan UZB
Xinjiang CHX
West Himalaya WHM ASIA-TROPICAL
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE EUROPE

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 11 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Cotoneaster borealichinensis (Hurus.) Hurus.
  • Cotoneaster multiflorus var. borealichinensis Hurus.
  • Cotoneaster multiflorus var. typicus Hurus.
  • Cotoneaster reflexus Carrière
  • Cotoneaster wilsonii Nakai
  • Cotoneaster wilsonii f. pilocalyx Hurus.
  • Cotoneaster wilsonii f. typicus Hurus.
  • Pyrus borealichinensis (Hurus.) M.F.Fay & Christenh.
  • Pyrus multiflora (Bunge) M.F.Fay & Christenh.
  • Pyrus reflexa (Carrière) M.F.Fay & Christenh.
  • Pyrus wilsonii (Nakai) M.F.Fay & Christenh.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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