Photinia beauverdiana var. notabilis (C. K. Schneider) Rehder & E. H. Wilson; P. cavaleriei H. Léveillé; P. notabilis C. K. Schneider; Pourthiaea beauverdiana (C. K. Schneider) Hatusima; P. beauverdiana var. notabilis (C. K. Schneider) Hatusima.

Leaf blade oblong, elliptic, oblong-elliptic, or obovate-oblong, 5–13 cm, lateral veins 9–14 pairs, apex acute to shortly acuminate.

Slopes, mountain sides, valleys, thickets, forests; 200--3000 m. Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Bhutan, N Vietnam].