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 21. Photinia prunifolia (Hook. & Arn.) Lindl. , Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 23: sub t. 1956. 1837. Fig. 9 Common name: 桃叶石楠 (Chinese name); pinyin (spelled as sounds in Chinese): tao ye shi nan ≡ Photinia serrulata var. prunifolia Hook. & Arn. , Bot. Beechey Voy. 4: 185. 1833. ≡ Pyrus uranus M. F. Fay & Christenh. , Global Fl. 4: 124. 2018. = Photinia melanostigma Hance , J. Bot. 20: 5. 1882. Type: CHINA . Guangdong , North River, March 1881 , B . C . Henry 21691 ( holotype : BM [barcode BM 000602202 !]). Image of holotype available from https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.bm000602202 . = Photinia consimilis Hand. - Mazz. , Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math. - Naturwiss. Kl. 59: 103. 1922. Type: CHINA . Hunan : Dschaoschan (= Shaoshan), 27 October 1917 , Handel-Mazzetti 11382 ( lectotype , designated here : WU [barcode 0059452!]). Hunan : Shaoshan, 27 October 1917 , Handel-Mazzetti 11382 ( syntype : WU [barcode 0059467!]). ibidem, 16 February 1918 , Handel-Mazzetti 11472 ( syntype : WU [barcode 0059453!]). Image of lectotype available from https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.wu0059467 . = Photinia prunifolia var. denticulata T. T. Yu , Acta Phytotax. Sin. 8 (3): 228. 1963. Type: CHINA . Zhejiang , Pingyang, 28 June 1959 , S . R . Zhang 5867 ( holotype : PE [barcode 00026328!]; isotypes : KUN [barcode 607582!], HTC [barcode 0003151!]). = Photinia stapfii Chun , nom. nud. Type. China . Macao and adjacent islands, Beechey s. n. ( lectotype , designated by Wang et al. (2019: 68) : K [barcode K 000758258 !]; isolectotypes : E [barcode E 00369054 !]) . Image of lectotype available from https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.k000758258 . Distribution. Cambodia , China ( Fujian , Guangdong , Guangxi , Hainan , Hongkong , Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang), and Vietnam . Fine structure of Photinia prunifolia , encompassing various developmental stages and perspectives. A inflorescence branch B, C inflorescence branchlet D bottom perspective of an individual flower E top view of a single flower F, G longitudinal section through the ovary H stamens I petals J dissected flower showing internal structures K cross-section of the immature ovary L an infructescence branch M, N comparative fruit in both inmature and mature states O fruit, viewed from above P longitudinal section of fruit Q cross-sections of fruit R fully matured seed. The inflorescence branches ( A – K ) were collected on April 13, 2024. The infructescence branches in the immature state ( L, M ) were collected on October 7, 2023, while the remaining samples ( N – R ) were gathered on November 29, 2023. Ting Wang was responsible for the collection of all fresh specimens at the Hangzhou Botanical Garden (Zhejiang, China). Furthermore, Bin-Jie Ge (Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai, China) dissected and photographed all the samples.