Sorbus americana

Sorbus americana

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: Sorbus
Subgenus: Sorbus subg. Sorbus
Sectio: S. sect. Commixtae
Species: Sorbus americana

Name

Sorbus americana Marshall, Arbust. Amer.: 145 (1785).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Sorbus aucuparia var. americana (Marshall) Pers., Syn. Pl. 2: 38 (1806).
  • Pyrus americana (Marshall) DC., Prodr. 2: 637 (1825).
  • Crataegus americana (Marshall) Chalon, Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 7: 174 (1868).
  • Aucuparia americana (Marshall) Nieuwl., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 175 (1915).
• Heterotypic
  • Sorbus micrantha Dum.Cours., Bot. Cult. 5: 464 (1811).
    • Sorbus americana var. micrantha (Dum.Cours.) K.Koch, Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 249 (1864).
  • Sorbus microcarpa Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 341 (1814).
    • Pyrus microcarpa (Pursh) DC., Prodr. 2: 636 (1825).
    • Pyrus microcarpa (Pursh) Spreng., Syst. Veg. ed. 16. 2: 511 (1825).
  • Pyrus americana var. microcarpa (Pursh) Torr. & A.Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 472 (1840).
  • Sorbus americana var. microcarpa (Pursh) Wenz., Linnaea 38: 73 (1873).
  • Sorbus pumila Raf., Med. Fl. 2: 265 (1830).
  • Sorbus riparia Raf., New Fl. 3: 15 (1838).
  • Sorbus humifusa S.Watson, Bibl. Index N. Amer. Bot.: 290 (1878), nom. superfl.
  • Sorbus americana var. macrocarpa Zabel in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 195 (1903).

Hybrids

× Sorbaronia jackii - × Sorbaronia monstrosa - × Sorbaronia sorbifolia

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Eastern Canada New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Québec. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Marshall, H. 1785. Arbustrum Americanum: The American grove, or, An alphabetical catalogue of forest trees and shrubs, natives of the American United States, arranged according to the Linnaean system 174 pp. Philadelphia. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Sorbus americana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 July 8. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Sorbus americana. Published online. Accessed: July 8 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Sorbus americana. Accessed: 8 July 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. Sorbus americana. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 July 8. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: American Mountain-ash
suomi: Amerikanpihlaja
français: Sorbier d'Amérique
magyar: Amerikai berkenye
Türkçe: Amerika üvezi

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