Eriobotrya

Eriobotrya
Eriobotrya japonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Subfamily:	Amygdaloideae
Tribe:	Maleae
Subtribe:	Malinae
Genus:	Eriobotrya Lindl.
Type species
Eriobotrya japonica
Species
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Eriobotrya is a genus of flowering plants, mostly large evergreen shrubs and small trees in the family Rosaceae, native to woodland in the Himalayas and East Asia. The loquat, E. japonica, is grown for its edible fruit.^[2]

Eriobotrya species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Hypercompe hambletoni.

Species[]

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	Hook. f.		India, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia (Kâmpŭchéa), Vietnam, Myanmar, Indonesien China (Guizhou and Yunnan)
	(H. Lév.) Rehder		China and Vietnam
	Eriobotrya deflexa (Hemsl.) Nakai	Bronze Loquat	China, Vietnam and Taiwan
	Decne.		India, Bhutan and Nepal
	Lindl.		Nepal and China (Xizang)
	Champ. ex Benth.		China and Vietnam
	Nakai		Myanmar and China (Guizhou and Yunnan)
	Decne.		Sikkim, Bhutan and Nepal
	Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl.	Loquat	Japan and China
	Kuan		China (Yunnan)
	W.W. Sm.		China (Yunnan)
	Hook. f.		Bhutan and Sikkim
	Rehder & E. H. Wilson		China(Sichuan and Yunnan) and Laos
	Hand.-Mazz.		China (Yunnan),India, Myanma
	(H. Lév.) Cardot ex Guill.		China (Guizhou and Yunnan)
	J.E. Vidal		China(Guangxi, Yunnan), Laos
	W.W. Sm.		China (Yunnan), Myanmar

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to Eriobotrya at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Eriobotrya at Wikispecies
• Flora of China

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