Refining the phylogeny and taxonomy of the apple tribe Maleae (Rosaceae): insights from phylogenomic analyses of 563 plastomes and a taxonomic synopsis of Photinia and its allies in the Old World Author Wang, Hui https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9075-698X College of Forestry and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311300, China & State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China & China National Botanical Garden, Beijing 100093, China Author Li, Xiao-Ya https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7164-0993 State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China & China National Botanical Garden, Beijing 100093, China & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China Author Jiang, Yan https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3787-4577 State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China & China National Botanical Garden, Beijing 100093, China & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China & Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510650, China Author Jin, Ze-Tao 0000-0003-1358-0043 State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China & China National Botanical Garden, Beijing 100093, China & College of Horticulture, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China Author Ma, Dai-Kun https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5523-508X State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China & China National Botanical Garden, Beijing 100093, China & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China Author Liu, Bing 0000-0002-6086-253X State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China & China National Botanical Garden, Beijing 100093, China Author Xu, Chao 0000-0002-9678-4772 State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China & China National Botanical Garden, Beijing 100093, China Author Ge, Bin-Jie 0000-0002-4232-3567 Eastern China Conservation Center for Wild Endangered Plant Resources, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, No. 3888 Chenhua Road, Songjiang District, Shanghai 201602, China Author Wang, Ting https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1311-1761 Hangzhou Botanical Garden (Hangzhou West Lake Academy of Landscape Science), Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310000, China Author Fan, Qiang 0000-0003-4254-6936 State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510275, China Author Jin, Shui-Hu 0000-0003-0334-6683 College of Forestry and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311300, China Author Liu, Guang-Ning https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0765-0392 Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Plant Ex situ Conservation, Xiangshan-Wofosi Road, Beijing 100093, China & Beijing Botanical Garden, Beijing 100093, China Author Liu, Bin-Bin 0000-0002-0297-7531 State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China & China National Botanical Garden, Beijing 100093, China text PhytoKeys 2024 2024-05-31 242 161 227 journal article 297855 10.3897/phytokeys.242.117481 aa8d91fe-6fe4-4c59-8831-8103148e66f4 9 a. Photinia davidiana var. davidiana Fig. 5 Common name: 红豆果树 (原变种) (Chinese name ) = Stranvaesia integrifolia Stapf , Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 23: t. 2295. 1894. ≡ Photinia havilandii Stapf , Bot. Mag. 149: sub t. 9008. 1924, replacement name. Type: MALESIA . Borneo: Kinabalu, G . D. Haviland 1071 ( holotype : K [barcode K 000758362 !]; isotypes : K [barcode K 000758363 !], BM [barcode BM 000602185 !]). Image of holotype available from https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.k000758362 . = Stranvaesia henryi Diels , Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 36 (5, Beibl. 82): 52. 1905. Type: CHINA . Sichuan , February 1890 , A . Henry 8953 ( lectotype , designated by Vidal (1965: 232) : K [barcode K 000758304 !]). Image of lectotype available from https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.k000758304 . = Photinia niitakayamensis Hayata , J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 30 (1): 103. 1911. ≡ Stranvaesia niitakayamensis (Hayata) Hayata , Icon. Pl. Formosan. 8: 33. 1919. Type: CHINA . Taiwan: Chiayi, Yushan, Mt. Niitaka, S . Nagasawa 551 ( lectotype , designated here : KYO [barcode KYO 00022357 !]; isolectotype : KYO [barcode KYO 00022358 !]). = Pyrus cavaleriei H. Lév. , Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 67. 1912. Type: CHINA . Guizhou : Pin-Fa, J . Cavalerie 3569 ( holotype : P [barcode P 02143101 !]; isotypes : A [barcode 00045576!], E [barcode E 00011338 !, E 00284670 !], P [barcode P 02143100 !, P 02143102 !]). Image of holotype available from https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.p02143101 . = Photinia undulata var. formosana Cardot , Notul. Syst. (Paris) 3: 372. 1914. ≡ Photinia davidiana var. formosana (Cardot) H. Ohashi & Iketani , J. Jap. Bot. 69 (1): 22. 1994. Type: CHINA . Formose ( Taiwan) : Arisan (Alishan), L . U . Faurie 77 ( lectotype , designated by Wang et al. (2018: 90) : P [barcode P 02143109 !]). Image of lectotype available from https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.p02143109 . = Photinia davidiana f. latifolia Cardot, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 25 (5): 399. 1919. Type: CHINA . Yunnan : bois de Kou-toui, au-dessus de Mo-so-yn, J . M . Delavay 3978 ( holotype : L [barcode 1901178!]). = Stranvaesia salicifolia Hutch. , Bot. Mag. 146: t. 8862. 1920. ≡ Stranvaesia davidiana var. salicifolia (Hutch.) Rehder , J. Arnold Arbor. 7 (1): 29. 1926. Type: CHINA . Hupeh ( Hubei ): north and south of Ichang, alt. 1300–2000 m , October 1907 , E . H . Wilson 382 a ( lectotype , designated here : A [barcode 00045607!]). Image of lectotype available from https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.a00045607 . Distribution. China ( Gansu , Guangxi , Guizhou , Hubei , Jiangxi , Shaanxi , Sichuan , Taiwan , Yunnan) and Malaysia (Kinabalu). Fine structure of Photinia davidiana , encompassing various developmental stages and perspectives. A inflorescence branch B top view of a single flower C inflorescence branchlet D, G stamens E top view of an unopened flower F longitudinal section through the ovary H dissected flower showing internal structures I cross-section of the immature ovary J infructescence branch K infructescence branchlet L mature fruit M fruit, viewed from above N cross-sections of fruit O longitudinal section of fruit. The inflorescence branches ( A – I ) were collected on April 15, 2024, while the infructescence branches ( J – O ) were gathered on October 7, 2023. Yan-Li Wen was responsible for the collection of all fresh specimens at the Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Yunnan, China). Furthermore, Bin-Jie Ge (Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai, China) dissected and photographed all the samples.