准噶尔栒子(原变种) zhun ga er xun zi (yuan bian zhong)

Cotoneaster nummularia Fischer & C. A. Meyer var. soongoricus Regel & Herder, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 39(2): 59. 1866; C. fontanesii Spach var. soongoricus Regel; C. nummularius var. ovalifolius Boissier; C. racemiflorus (Desfontaines) K. Koch var. ovalifolius (Boissier) Hurusawa; C. racemiflorus var. soongoricus (Regel & Herder) C. K. Schneider; C. suavis Pojarkova; C. tibeticus G. Klotz; C. tomentellus Pojarkova; C. zayulensis G. Klotz.

Leaf blade broadly elliptic, suborbicular, or ovate, 1.5–5 cm. Fruit 7–10 mm.

Dry slopes, forests, forest margins, river valleys; 1400--2400 m. Gansu, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Xizang, Yunnan [?Nepal].

Further study is necessary to determine the identity of Cotoneaster albokermesinus J. Fryer & B. Hylmö, which might be synonymous with this taxon.

Brach (2010): Cotoneaster tibeticus appears to be C. racemiflorus (Desf.) K. Koch.