Sorbus
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Sorbus

Finnish whitebeam
mountain ash
rowan tree

Hierarchical position of the Genus Sorbus

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Rosopsida Batsch
pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.
  
   Subclassis  Rosidae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 264. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   SuperOrdo  Rosanae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 264. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Rosales Perleb
pub. 1826
  
   Subordo  Rosineae Rchb.
pub. Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch: lxvi. Jul 1841.
  
   Familia  Rosaceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 334. 4 Aug 1789, nom. cons.
common name: Roses
  
   Tribus  Sorbeae Koehne
pub. Gatt. Pomac.: 15. 6 Apr 1890.
  
   Genus  Sorbus L.
pub. (1753)
common name: mountain ash
  

Named members of the Genus Sorbus

1
   Species  americana Marsh.
common name: American mountain ash
2
   Species  arbutifolia (L.) Heynh.
 
3
   Varietas  atropurpurea (Britt.) Schneid.
syn. Photinia floribunda
4
   Species  aucuparia L.
common name: European mountain ash, rowan tree, rogn  (Norwegian)
  
5
   Species  californica Greene
common name: California mountain ash
6
   Species  cascadensis G.N. Jones
syn. Sorbus scopulina var. cascadensis
7
   Species  decora (Sarg.) Schneid.
 
8
   Varietas  groenlandica (Schneid.) G.N. Jones
syn. Sorbus groenlandica
9
   Species  dumosa Greene
common name: Arizona mountain ash
10
   Species  groenlandica (Schneid.) A.& D. L�ve
common name: Greenland mountain ash
11
   Species  hybrida L.
common name: oakleaf mountain ash, Finnish whitebeam
  
12
   Species  melanocarpa (Michx.) Heynh.
syn. Photinia melanocarpa
13
   Species  occidentalis (S. Wats.) Greene
syn. Sorbus sitchensis var. grayi
14
   Species  pinnatifida (Ehrh.) Bean
syn. Sorbus �thuringiaca
15
   Species  sambucifolia (Cham. & Schlecht.) M. Roemer
common name: Siberian mountain ash
16
   Species  scopulina Greene
 
17
   Varietas  cascadensis (G.N. Jones) C.L. Hitchc.
common name: Cascade mountain ash
18
   Varietas  scopulina
common name: Greene's mountain ash
19
   Species  sitchensis M. Roemer
 
20
   Subspecies  californica (Greene) Abrams
syn. Sorbus californica
21
   Subspecies  grayi (Wenzig) Calder & Taylor
syn. Sorbus sitchensis var. grayi
22
   Varietas  grayi (Wenzig) C.L. Hitchc.
common name: western mountain ash
23
   Varietas  sitchensis
common name: Sitka mountain ash
24
   Species  x thuringiaca (Ilse) Fritsch

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

 

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

Last reviewed November 01, 2004   

 

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