11.Photinia griffithiiDecne., Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 142. 1874. Fig. 6 Common name: 球花石楠 (Chinese name); pinyin (spelled as sounds in Chinese): qiu hua shi nan ≡ Eriobotrya griffithii (Decne.) Franch., Pl. Delavay. 1: 224. 1890. ≡ Photinia serrulata var. congestiflora Cardot, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 3: 373. 1918. nom. superfl. ≡ Pyrus griffithiana M. F. Fay & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 105. 2018. = Photinia glomerata Rehder & E. H. Wilson, Pl. Wilson. (Sargent) 1 (2): 190. 1912. ≡ Pyrus glomerata (Rehder & E. H. Wilson) M. F. Fay & Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 105. 2018. Type: CHINA. Yunnan, Szemao, A. Henry 11716 (lectotype, selected by Vidal (1965: 226), first step; second step, designated by Wang et al. (2019: 599): E [barcode E 00011310!]; isolectotypes: A [barcode 00038560!], K [barcode K 000758251!], MO [barcode MO- 255089!], US [barcode 00097496!]). A. Henry 11716 A (syntypes: US [barcode 00097497!], A [barcode 00045567!, 00045568!], E [barcode E 00284676!], K [barcode K 000758252!], MO [barcode MO- 255088!]). Image of lectotype available from https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.e00011310. = Photinia franchetiana Diels, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 5: 272. 1912. Type: CHINA. Yunnan, G. Forrest 487 (holotype: E [barcode E 00011311!]). Image of holotype available from https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.e00011311 = Photinia glomerata Rehder & E. H. Wilson var. cuneata T. T. Yu, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 8 (3): 227. 1963. Type: CHINA. Yunnan, Yung-jen, H. T. Tsai 52879 (holotype: PE [barcode 00336359!]; isotypes: IBSC [barcode 0318765!], PE [barcode 00336360!], A [barcode 00137699!], NAS [barcode NAS 00071255!], KUN [barcode 608247!]). = Photinia glomerata Rehder & E. H. Wilson var. microphylla T. T. Yu, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 8 (3): 227. 1963. Type: CHINA. Yunnan, Teng-chuan, Mt. Chih-shan, R. C. Ching 24894 (holotype: PE [barcode 00336361!]; isotypes: PE [barcode 00336291!], KUN [barcode 607608!]). = Photinia semiserrata H. Li, Fl. Dulongjian Reg. 131. 1993, nom. nud. Type. Bhutan. Himalaya orientalis, 1837–1838, Griffith 2087 (lectotype, designated by Wang et al. (2019: 599): P [barcode P 02143170!]; isotypes: K [barcode K 000758185!], L [barcode L 0019505!], M [barcode M- 0213887!]). Image of lectotype available from https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.p02143170. Distribution. Bhdan and China (Hubei, Sichuan, and Yunnan).

Published as part of Wang, Hui, Li, Xiao-Ya, Jiang, Yan, Jin, Ze-Tao, Ma, Dai-Kun, Liu, Bing, Xu, Chao, Ge, Bin-Jie, Wang, Ting, Fan, Qiang, Jin, Shui-Hu, Liu, Guang-Ning & Liu, Bin-Bin, 2024, Refining the phylogeny and taxonomy of the apple tribe Maleae (Rosaceae): insights from phylogenomic analyses of 563 plastomes and a taxonomic synopsis of Photinia and its allies in the Old World, pp. 161-227 in PhytoKeys 242 on pages 161-227, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.242.117481