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Taxon: Sorbus ×thuringiaca (Nyman) Schonach

Genus: Sorbus
Family: Rosaceae subfamily: Amygdaloideae tribe: Maleae subtribe: Malinae.
Nomen number: 104694
Place of publication: A. Kerner, Sched. fl. exs. austro-hung. no. 2443. 1896
Comments:
  • = S. aria × S. aucuparia
  • authorship verified from original literature (by K. Gandhi & W. Greuter, pers. comm. via e-mail on 5 Feb 2009)
Name verified on: 02-Dec-1993 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 10-May-2012
Species priority site is: National Arboretum (NA).
Accessions: 2 in National Plant Germplasm System.


Economic importance:

  • Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard)

Distributional range:

      Native:
  • EUROPE
    Europe [occurs naturally with parents]

      Cultivated:
  • also cultivated

References:

  • Aldasoro, J. J. et al. 1998. The genus Sorbus (Maloideae, Rosaceae) in Europe and in North Africa: morphological analysis and systematics. Syst. Bot. 23:204. [lists as S. thuringiaca (Ilse) C. K. Schneid.; = S. hybrida L.].
  • Heukels, H. & S. J. van Ooststroom. 1977. Flora van Nederland, ed. 19.
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
  • Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976).
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  • Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs.
  • Richards, A. J. 1975. Sorbus L. P. 234 in: Stace, C. A., ed., Hybridization and the flora of the British Isles.
  • Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.
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Synonyms:


Check other web resources for Sorbus ×thuringiaca (Nyman) Schonach:

  • ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Sorbus x thuringiaca cultivars
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?104694 (20 June 2013)

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