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Taxon: Sorbus americana Marshall

Genus: Sorbus subgenus: Sorbus section: Commixtae
Family: Rosaceae subfamily: Spiraeoideae tribe: Pyreae subtribe: Pyrinae.
Nomen number: 34994
Place of publication: Arbust. amer. 145. 1785
Name verified on: 07-Nov-1985 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 31-Aug-2009
Species priority site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Corvallis (COR).
Accessions: 5 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.
  • Check AABGA/NAPCC contact person for genus for possible non-NPGS germplasm.


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Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
    Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec
    Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia
    North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois [n. (Ogle Co.)], Minnesota, Wisconsin
    Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Georgia [n.], Maryland [w.], North Carolina [w.], Tennessee [n.e.], Virginia [w.]

References:

  • Brown, R. G. & M. L. Brown. 1972. Woody plants of Maryland. (WPl Mary)
  • Browne, E. T. & R. Athey. 1992. Vascular plants of Kentucky: an annotated checklist. (L Kentucky)
  • Chester, E. W. et al. 1993–. Atlas of Tennessee vascular plants. (Atlas Tenn)
  • Deam, C. C. 1940. Flora of Indiana. (F Indiana)
  • Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
  • Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. (Glea Cron)
  • Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2. (Glea Cron ed2)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541. (Trees US)
  • Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York. (F NE US)
  • McAllister, H. 2005. The genus Sorbus: mountain ash and other rowans. (Gen Sorbus)
  • Mitchell, R. S., ed. 1986. A checklist of New York state plants. New York State Mus. Bull. 458. (L New York)
  • Mohlenbrock, R. H. 1975. Guide to the vascular flora of Illinois. (F IllMohl)
  • Ownbey, G. B. & T. Morley. 1991. Vascular plants of Minnesota: a checklist and atlas. (L Minn)
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
  • Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. (F Carolin)
  • Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs. (Rehder)
  • Rhoads, A. F. & T. A. Block. 2000. The plants of Pennsylvannia. An illustrated manual. (F Penn)
  • Rhoads, A. F. & W. M. Klein, Jr. 1993. The vascular flora of Pennsylvannia. Annotated checklist and atlas. (L Penn)
  • Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. (F Canada)
  • Strausbaugh, T. D. & E. L. Core. 1978. Flora of West Virginia, ed. 2. (F WVa)
  • Voss, E. 1972–. Michigan flora. (F Mich)
  • Wherry, E. T. et al. 1979. Atlas of the flora of Pennsylvania. (Atlas Penn)
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Check other databases for Sorbus americana Marshall:

  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • 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.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

  • Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
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  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images 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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URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?34994 (09 February 2010)

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