Rosaceae
Acuminate cotoneaster
Cotoneaster acuminatus
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Cotoneaster
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Common names
By language (4)
- arz
- كوتونيستر اكوميناتوس
- Chinese
- 尖叶栒子
- English
- Acuminate cotoneaster
- German
- Spitzblättrige Zwergmispel
Synonyms
- Cotoneaster acuminatus var. pilosus Regel
- Cotoneaster bakeri G.Klotz
- Cotoneaster kongboensis G.Klotz
- Cotoneaster mucronatus Franch.
- Cotoneaster nepalensis André
- Cotoneaster parkeri G.Klotz
- Cotoneaster royleanus Hook.f.
- Cotoneaster roylei Hook.f.
- Cotoneaster stracheyi G.Klotz
- Cotoneaster wallichianus G.Klotz
- Mespilus acuminata (Lindl.) Ohlend.
- Mespilus acuminata (Wall. ex Lindl.) G.Lodd.
- Mespilus acuminatus Lodd.
- Pyrus acuminata (Lindl.) M.F.Fay & Christenh.
- Pyrus bakeri (G.Klotz) M.F.Fay & Christenh.
- Pyrus kongboensis (G.Klotz) M.F.Fay & Christenh.
- Pyrus mucronata (Franch.) M.F.Fay & Christenh.
- Pyrus nepalensis (André) M.F.Fay & Christenh.
- Pyrus parkeri (G.Klotz) M.F.Fay & Christenh.
- Pyrus wallichiana (G.Klotz) M.F.Fay & Christenh.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Danny S., CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.