PLANTS Profile for Photinia floribunda (purple chokeberry)

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PLANTS Profile

Photinia floribunda (Lindl.) K.R. Robertson & Phipps
purple chokeberry

Symbol:

PHFL9

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rosaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N
SPM		N

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Photo of Photinia floribunda (Lindl.) K.R. Robertson & Phipps

Aronia prunifolia

Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Photinia floribunda (Lindl.) K.R. Robertson & Phipps

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Synonyms:
Photinia floribunda (Lindl.) K.R. Robertson & Phipps

	ARARA3	Aronia arbutifolia (L.) Pers. var. atropurpurea (Britton) Seymour
	ARAT6	Aronia atropurpurea Britton
	ARFL3	Aronia floribunda (Lindl.) Spach
	ARPR2	Aronia prunifolia (Marshall) Rehder
	PYARA	Pyrus arbutifolia (L.) L. f. var. atropurpurea (Britton) B.L. Rob.
	PYFL5	Pyrus floribunda Lindl.
	SOARA3	Sorbus arbutifolia (L.) Heynh. var. atropurpurea (Britton) C.K. Schneid.

Distribution:
Photinia floribunda (Lindl.) K.R. Robertson & Phipps


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USA (AL, CT, DC, DE, GA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (LB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Photinia floribunda (Lindl.) K.R. Robertson & Phipps

View 72 genera in Rosaceae, 9 species in Photinia

Classification:
Photinia floribunda (Lindl.) K.R. Robertson & Phipps

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Rosales
Family	Rosaceae – Rose family
Genus	Photinia Lindl. – chokeberry
Species	Photinia floribunda (Lindl.) K.R. Robertson & Phipps – purple chokeberry

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Photinia floribunda (Lindl.) K.R. Robertson & Phipps

Aronia prunifolia:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Photinia floribunda (Lindl.) K.R. Robertson & Phipps

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 565395.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 07:30 PM CDT