Wilsonaria megalocarpa

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

Wilsonaria megalocarpa (Rehder) Rushforth, Phytologia 100: 241 (2018).

Basionym
- Sorbus megalocarpa Rehder in C.S.Sargent, Pl. Wilson. 2: 266 (1915)
Homotypic
- Aria megalocarpa (Rehder) H.Ohashi & Iketani, J. Jap. Bot. 68: 359 (1993).
- Micromeles megalocarpa (Rehder) Mezhenskyj, NULESU Coll. Fruit Ornament. Pl.: 34 (2018).
- Pyrus megalocarpa (Rehder) Bean, Trees & Shrubs Brit. Isles 3: 325 (1933).
Heterotypic
- Aria megalocarpa var. cuneata (Rehder) H.Ohashi & Iketani, J. Jap. Bot. 68: 359 (1993)
- Micromeles guanxianensis (T.C.Ku) Mezhenskyj, NULESU Coll. Fruit Ornament. Pl.: 34 (2018).
- Pyrus guanxianensis (T.C.Ku) M.F.Fay & Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 106 (2018).
- Sorbus guanxianensis T.C.Ku, Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 10(3): 22 (1990).
- Sorbus megalocarpa var. cuneata Rehder in C.S.Sargent, Pl. Wilson. 2: 267 (1915).
- Wilsonaria guanxianensis (T.C.Ku) Rushforth, Phytologia 100: 241 (2018).

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate China China South-Central, Tibet. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Ohashi, H. & Iketani, H. 1993. New Combinations of Asiatic Aria (Rosaceae-Maloideae-Sorbeae). Journal of Japanese Botany 68(6): 355–361. PDF Reference page.
Rushforth, K.D. 2018. The Whitebeam problem, and a solution. Phytologia 100(4): 222–247. PDF Reference page.

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