Pieris formosa

Pieris formosa
	Pieris formosa 'Wakehurst'
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Pieris
Species:	P. formosa
Binomial name
	Pieris formosa; (Wall.) D.Don
Synonyms
	List Andromeda formosa Wall.; Comarostaphylis formosa (Wall.) Lem.; Lyonia formosa (Wall.) Hand.-Mazz.; Pieris bodinieri H.Lév.; Pieris forrestii R.L.Harrow ex W.W.Sm; Pieris huiana W.P.Fang; Pieris japonica subsp. formosa (Wall.) Kitam.; ;

Pieris formosa, called the Taiwan pieris or the Himalayan andromeda, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Pieris native to Nepal, the eastern Himalaya, Assam in India, Myanmar, Vietnam, Tibet, central and southern China, but not Taiwan.^[2] The 'Wakehurst' cultivar of the putative variety Pieris formosa var. forrestii has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental, and is also considered by them as a good plant to attract pollinators.^[3]

References

^ Edinburgh New Philos. J. 17: 159 (1834)
^ ^a ^b "Pieris formosa (Wall.) D.Don". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
^ "Pieris formosa var. forrestii 'Wakehurst'". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 31 October 2020.

[1] Edinburgh New Philos. J. 17: 159 (1834)

[331654-1-2] "Pieris formosa (Wall.) D.Don". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2020.

[3] "Pieris formosa var. forrestii 'Wakehurst'". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 31 October 2020.

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