3333.010 Pyracantha M. Roem.

Description of the genus

Thorny shrubs. Stipules caducous. Leaves simple, entire, serrate or crenate. Flowers in corymbs. Petals 5, white. Stamens numerous. Carpels 5; ovules 2. Styles 5. Fruit red, orange or yellow, with 5 pyrenes.

Worldwide: 9 species in SE Europe and Asia

Malawi: 2 taxa.

Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

Species	FZ divisions	Content
angustifolia (Planch.) Schneid.	N	Description, Image
cf. crenulata (Roxb.) M. Roem.		Image

Other sources of information about Pyracantha:

Our websites:

Flora of Malawi: cultivated Pyracantha
Flora of Zimbabwe: Pyracantha
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Pyracantha

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Pyracantha
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Pyracantha
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Pyracantha
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Pyracantha
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Pyracantha
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pyracantha
JSTOR Plant Science: Pyracantha
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Pyracantha
Plants of the World Online: Pyracantha
Tropicos: Pyracantha
Wikipedia: Pyracantha