Aronia melanocarpa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rosales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Rosales

Familia: Rosaceae
Subfamilia: Amygdaloideae
Tribus: Maleae
Subtribus: Malinae
Genus: Aronia
Species: Aronia melanocarpa

Name

Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Nutt. ex Elliott (1821)

Synonyms

Basionym
- Mespilus arbutifolia var. melanocarpa Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 292. 1803.

Homotypic
- Adenorachis melanocarpa (Michx.) Nieuwl., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 94. 1915.
- Photinia melanocarpa (Michx.) K.R.Robertson & J.B.Phipps, Syst. Bot. 16: 391. 1991.
- Pyrus arbutifolia var. melanocarpa (Michx.) Hook., Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Hooker) 1: 204. 1834.
- Pyrus melanocarpa (Michx.) Willd., Enum. Pl. 525. 1809.
- Sorbus melanocarpa (Michx.) Heyhn., Nomencl. Bot. Hort. 2: 773. 1841.

Heterotypic
- Adenorachis nigra (Michx.) Nieuwl., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 277. 1915 [1].
- Aronia arbutifolia var. melanocarpa (Willd.) Torr., Fl. N. Middle United States 1: 479. 1824.
- Aronia arbutifolia var. nigra (Willd.) F.Seym., Fl. New England 308. 1969.
- Aronia grandifolia Sweet, Hort. Brit.,ed. 2, 177. 1830.
- Aronia melanocarpa Britton in Britton & Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2, 2: 291. 1913, nom. illeg., non (Michx.) Elliott 1821.
- Aronia melanocarpa Spach 1834 in ?, nom. illeg., non (Michx.) Elliott 1821.
- Aronia nigra (Willd.) Britton, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 182. 1894.
- Aronia nigra (Willd.) Koehne 1893, in?, nom. superfl.
- Aronia nigra var. grandifolia (Sweet) Dippel, Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 386. 1893.
- Hahnia arbutifolia var. nigra Medik., Gesch. Bot. (Medikus) 82. 1793.
- Pyrus arbutifolia var. nigra Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 2(2): 1013. 1799 [2].
- Pyrus nigra (Willd.) Sarg., Gard. & Forest 3: 416. 1890.
- Pyrus pensylvanica Lindl., Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 231. 1828, nom. illeg., non Steud. (1821).

Hybrids

A. × prunifolia – × Sorbaronia dippelii - × Sorbaronia fallax - × Sorbaronia jackii - × Sorbaronia sorbifolia

References

Elliott, S. 1821: Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 556.
Spach Hist. nat. vég. 2:90. 1834 (non Elliot 1821)
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. [3]
Wunderlin, R.P. & Hansen, B.F. 2008. Aronia melanocarpa in Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants. Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Apr 05.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Чарнаплодная рабіна
English: Black Chokeberry
eesti: Must aroonia
suomi: Musta-aronia
norsk: Svartsurbær
русский: Арония чёрноплодная
українська: Горобина чорноплідна

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