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Pourthiaea beauverdiana, known commonly as the Christmas berry, is a species of deciduous shrub or tree It is native to central and southern China, Taiwan, northern Vietnam, and Bhutan in the eastern Himalaya.
The species was first described as Photinia beauverdiana by Camillo Karl Schneider in 1906. The species epithet honors Swiss botanist Gustave Beauverd (1867-1942). In 1933 Sumihiko Hatusima placed the species in genus Pourthiaea as Pourthiaea beauverdiana.
The Christmas berry lives mountainside or woodland areas and thrives under full sun to partial shade. The shadier it gets for this plant, the more susceptible it is to leaf spot disease (Entomosporium maculatum) and will have less flowering. They grow best under medium moisture and can be resistant to droughts, deer, and rabbit.
Photinia zhejiangensis · Pourthiaea amphidoxa · Pourthiaea tomentosa · Oriental Photinia · Pourthiaea
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pourthiaea beauverdiana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
