| Cotoneaster roseus | |
|---|---|
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| Pink and white flowers | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Cotoneaster |
| Species: | C. roseus
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| Binomial name | |
| Cotoneaster roseus | |
Cotoneaster roseus is native to portions of the Himalayas, Iran, northern and western Pakistan, northwest India and Kashmir.1 The Latin name roseus means rosy or pink, and refers to its flower petals. It was first described by the Irish botanist Michael Pakenham Edgeworth as Cotoneaster rosea in 1846.1
References
References
- Cotoneaster roseus was first described and published (as C. rosea) in Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 20:46. 1846 "Cotoneaster roseus". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved August 24, 2011.