View source for Pourthiaea villosa

{{Short description|Species of shrub}}
{{Speciesbox
|status = LC
|status_system = IUCN3.1
|status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{Cite iucn |title=''Photinia villosa'' |author=Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group |name-list-style=amp |page= e.T136775944A136775946 |date=2019 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T136775944A136775946.en |access-date=31 May 2024}}</ref>
| image = Photinia villosa 2015-06-01 OB 059.jpg
| genus = Pourthiaea
| species = villosa
| authority = (Thunb.) Decne.
}}
'''''Pourthiaea villosa''''' is a species in the [[flowering plant]] family [[Rosaceae]],<ref name=FOC>{{citation |chapter-url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200011018 |title=Flora of China |chapter=''Photinia villosa'' (Thunberg) Candolle, Prodr. 2: 631. 1825 |author1=Lu Lingdi |author2=Stephen A. Spongberg }}</ref> with [[common name]]s '''Christmas berry'''<ref>{{citation |chapter-url=http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=286619&isprofile=0&:// |chapter=''Photinia villosa'' |title=Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder |accessdate=20 July 2016}}</ref> and '''oriental photinia'''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf|title=English Names for Korean Native Plants|publisher=[[Korea National Arboretum]]|year=2015|isbn=978-89-97450-98-5|location=Pocheon|pages=589|access-date=24 December 2016|via=[[Korea Forest Service]]|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525105020/http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf|archivedate=25 May 2017}}</ref> It is a shrub or small tree up to {{convert|5|m|ft}} tall, native to China, Japan, and Korea.<ref name=FOC/> This plant was recently introduced into the United States, likely as a landscaping or garden plant. It has escaped cultivation and has become increasingly invasive in northern New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, and parts of Virginia, New York and Connecticut. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.invasiveplantatlas.org/subject.html?sub=21993|title=Oriental photinia: Photinia villosa (Rosales: Rosaceae): Invasive Plant Atlas of the United States}}</ref>
== Varieties ==
* [[Photinia villosa var. coreana|''Photinia villosa'' var. ''coreana'']] <small>(Decne.) Rehder</small> — Korean photinia <ref name=":0" />
* [[Photinia villosa var. laevis|''Photinia villosa'' var. ''laevis'']] <small>(Thunb.) Dippel</small> — smooth oriental photinia <ref name=":0" />
* [[Photinia villosa var. sinica|''Photinia villosa'' var. ''sinica'']] <small>Rehder & E.H.Wilson</small>
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