Pourthiaea villosa is a species in the flowering plant family Rosaceae,[2] with common names Christmas berry[3] and oriental photinia.[4] It is a shrub or small tree up to 5 metres (16 ft) tall, native to China, Japan, and Korea.[2] This plant was recently introduced into the United States, likely as a landscaping or garden plant. It has escaped cultivation and has become increasingly invasive in northern New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, and parts of Virginia, New York and Connecticut. [5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Pourthiaea |
| Species: | P. villosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Pourthiaea villosa (Thunb.) Decne.
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Varieties
edit- Photinia villosa var. coreana (Decne.) Rehder — Korean photinia [4]
- Photinia villosa var. laevis (Thunb.) Dippel — smooth oriental photinia [4]
- Photinia villosa var. sinica Rehder & E.H.Wilson
References
edit- ^ Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2019). "Photinia villosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T136775944A136775946. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T136775944A136775946.en. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ a b Lu Lingdi; Stephen A. Spongberg, "Photinia villosa (Thunberg) Candolle, Prodr. 2: 631. 1825", Flora of China
- ^ "Photinia villosa", Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder, retrieved 20 July 2016
- ^ a b c English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 589. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.
- ^ "Oriental photinia: Photinia villosa (Rosales: Rosaceae): Invasive Plant Atlas of the United States".
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