Species

Cotoneaster conspicuus

Etymology

Cotoneaster: From cotoneus an old Latin name for the quince, and possibly aster, corruption of adinstar 'resembling', i.e. quince-like

Family

Rosaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

COTCON

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Trees & Shrubs

Year Naturalised

1995

Origin

S.E. Tibet

This page last updated on 18 Jan 2010