Category:Chokeberry

Choke"ber`ry, n. (Bot.)

Defn: The small apple-shaped or pear-shaped fruit of an American shrub (Pyrus arbutifolia) growing in damp thickets; also, the shrub.

Classification: Photinia melanocarpa (Michx.) K.R. Robertson & Phipps

Synonyms: Photinia melanocarpa (Michx.) K.R. Robertson & Phipps

ARARN3: Aronia arbutifolia (L.) Pers. var. nigra (Willd.) Seymour ARME6: Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliot ARNI3: Aronia nigra (Willd.) Koehne PYARN: Pyrus arbutifolia (L.) L. f. var. nigra Willd. PYME: Pyrus melanocarpa (Michx.) Willd. SOME5: Sorbus melanocarpa (Michx.) Heynh. Kingdom	Plantae – Plants Subkingdom:	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision:	Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division:	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class:	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons Subclass:	Rosidae Order:	Rosales Family:	Rosaceae – Rose family Genus:	Photinia Lindl. – chokeberry Species:	Photinia melanocarpa (Michx.) K.R. Robertson & Phipps – black chokeberry

Group: Dicot Family: Rosaceae Duration: Perennial Growth Habit: Shrub