Sorbus americana

Taxonavigation

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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

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

Synonyms

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  • 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

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× Sorbaronia jackii - × Sorbaronia monstrosa - × Sorbaronia sorbifolia

Distribution

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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

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Primary references

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Vernacular names

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