Sorbus sitchensis

Sorbus sitchensis

Sorbus sitchensis

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. Tianshanicae
Species: Sorbus sitchensis

Name

Sorbus sitchensis M.Roem., Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 3: 139 (1847).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Pyrus sitchensis (M.Roem.) Piper in Piper & Beattie, Fl. Palouse Reg. 99 (1901).
• Heterotypic
  • Sorbus tilingii Gand., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 65: 25 (1918).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Subarctic America Alaska, Yukon. Western Canada Alberta, British Columbia. Northwestern U.S.A. California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Roemer, M.J. 1847. Familiarum Naturalium Regni Vegetabilis Synopses Monographicae seu Enumeratio Omnium Plantarum hucusque Detectarum Secundum Ordines Naturales, Genera et Sepcies Digestarum, Additas Diagnosibus, Synonymis, Novarumque vel Minus Cognitarum Descriptionibus Curante M. J. Roemer. Fasc. i [-iv]... Vimarieae [Weimar] 3: 139.

Additional references

• Zika, P.F. & Bailleul, S.M. 2014. Sorbus sitchensis. Pp. 10 in Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.), Flora of North America North of Mexico. Volume 9: Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae. xxiv + 713 pp., Oxford University Press, New York / Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-534029-7. efloras FNA WebsiteReference page. 

Links

• Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group. 2018. Sorbus sitchensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T135956737A135956739.en.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Sorbus sitchensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 July 5. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Sorbus sitchensis. Published online. Accessed: July 5 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Sorbus sitchensis. Accessed: 5 July 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. Sorbus sitchensis. 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 5. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Sitka mountain-ash, western mountain ash
suomi: Sitkanpihlaja

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