Cotoneaster has five syllables; not four.
The E is pronounced and should carry an umlaut, those two little dots above the letter that are the diacritical marks that tell you to do so. Cotonëaster.
One other odd thing about Cotonëasters is that the are listed in all nursery catalogues as 'broadleaf evergreens'.: more than odd, downright strange as they are not evergreen, not in these climes at least or not any variety that is sold in this area that I am aware of. They do however carry a display of red fruit well into winter.
Cotonëasters are in the Rosaceae along with Apples, Cherries, Pears and Saskatoon Berries. It would be odd indeed if suddenly one member of this important family was poisonous as is claimed by this mean-spirited list.
Supposing all along that Toronto Sick Kid's were depending on the A.M.A. Handbook I discover that Cotonëasters are not mentioned; so I don't know where they got their information.
Patient friends, I'm having lots of fun with the umlaut. I am using a Windows 7. I searched for umlaut and the instructions were easy. For the two dots over the lowere case e, Hold Alt and type 0235 on the number pad and you get ë. Other codes are there for other vowels in upper and lower case.
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