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
See text [1]

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
	Eriobotrya bengalensis Hook. f.		India, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, China (Guizhou and Yunnan)
	Eriobotrya cavaleriei (H. Lév.) Rehder		China and Vietnam
	Eriobotrya deflexa (Hemsl.) Nakai	Bronze Loquat	China, Taiwan and Vietnam
	Eriobotrya dubiaDecne.		India, Bhutan and Nepal
	Eriobotrya ellipticaLindl.		Nepal, China (Xizang) and Vietnam
	Eriobotrya fragransChamp. ex Benth.		China and Vietnam
	Eriobotrya henryiNakai		Myanmar, China (Guizhou and Yunnan) and Vietnam
	Eriobotrya hookerianaDecne.		Sikkim, Bhutan and Nepal
	Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl.	Loquat	Japan, China and Vietnam
	Eriobotrya malipoensisKuan		China (Yunnan)
	Eriobotrya obovataW.W. Sm.		China (Yunnan)
	Eriobotrya petiolataHook. f.		Bhutan and Sikkim
	Eriobotrya prinoidesRehder & E. H. Wilson		China (Sichuan and Yunnan) and Laos
	Eriobotrya salwinensisHand.-Mazz.		China (Yunnan), India, Myanmar
	Eriobotrya seguinii(H. Lév.) Cardot ex Guill.		China (Guizhou and Yunnan) and Vietnam
	Eriobotrya serrataJ.E. Vidal		China (Guangxi, Yunnan), Laos and Vietnam
	Eriobotrya tengyuehensiW.W. Sm.		China (Yunnan), Myanmar

References

1. International Plant Names Index | Search : Eriobotrya
2. RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN   978-1405332965.

External links

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