Q:Pick one category for the following text. The options are - company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work. Cotoneaster - Cotoneaster /ktonistr/ is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family Rosaceae native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia Europe north Africa) with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China and the Himalayas.
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Plant