Cotoneaster taylorii T. T. Yu

Shrubs or small trees, deciduous, 2–3 m tall. Branchlets grayish brown when old, terete, initially densely brownish yellow strigose, glabrous when old. Petiole 2–3 mm, brownish yellow pilose; stipules lanceolate, 1–2 mm, membranous, brownish yellow pilose; leaf blade suborbicular or broadly ovate, 1–1.2 cm × 9–10 mm, adaxially shiny, veins inconspicuously raised abaxially and slightly impressed adaxially, both surfaces initially hirtellous, glabrous when old, base rounded, rarely broadly cuneate, apex obtuse or acute. Inflorescences 2- or 3-flowered; bracts lanceolate, 1–2 mm, membranous. Pedicel 3–5 mm, hirsute. Hypanthium campanulate, abaxially usually glabrous. Sepals broadly triangular, puberulous only along margin, apex obtuse. Petals erect, dark red with white margin, suborbicular, 3–3.5 mm in diam., base shortly clawed, apex obtuse. Stamens ca. 10, shorter than petals, glabrous. Ovary with dense, white hairs at apex; styles 2, free, not exceeding stamens. Fruit red, obovoid, pyrenes 1 or 2. Fl. May–Jun, fr. Jul–Aug.

E Xizang.

Stream sides, gully forests, thickets, river valleys; 3300--4200 m.

Cotoneaster nitidus Jacquin subsp. taylorii (T. T. Yü) H. Ohashi.

Cotoneaster taylorii là loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Hoa hồng. Loài này được T.T. Yu mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1954.

藏南栒子（学名：Cotoneaster taylorii）为蔷薇科栒子属的植物，是中国的特有植物。分布在中国大陆的西藏等地，生长于海拔3,750米的地区，一般生于溪旁，目前已由人工引种栽培。