Taxon: Sorbus torminalis (L.) Crantz

Common names:

• checkertree   (Source: Food Feed Crops US ) – English
  
• chequers   (Source: Cornucopia ) – English
  
• wild servicetree   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• jeráb břek   (Source: Syst Bot M 69:123.) – Czech
  
• alisier torminal   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – French
  
• Elsbeere   (Source: Zander ed14 ) – German
  
• Elsebeere   (Source: Syst Bot M 69:123.) – German
  
• baccarello   (Source: Syst Bot M 69:123.) – Italian
  
• sorbezzolo   (Source: Syst Bot M 69:123.) – Italian
  
• brzekina   (Source: Syst Bot M 69:123.) – Polish
  
• mostajeiro   (Source: Syst Bot M 69:123.) – Portuguese
  
• adeveřat-sorb   (Source: Syst Bot M 69:123.) – Romanian
  
• mostajo   (Source: Syst Bot M 69:123.) – Spanish
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Krussmann)
  
• Human food: beverage base; fruit   (fide Cornucopia; Pl Book)
  
• Materials: wood   (fide F USSR)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  

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Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Northern Africa: Algeria; Morocco; Tunisia
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Cyprus; Iran [n.w.]; Lebanon; Turkey
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Poland; Switzerland
  East Europe: Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Macedonia; Romania
  Southwestern Europe: France; Portugal; Spain

References:

• Aldasoro, J. J. et al. 1998. The genus Sorbus (Maloideae, Rosaceae) in Europe and in North Africa: morphological analysis and systematics. Syst. Bot. 23:189–212.
• Aldasoro, J. J. et al. 2004. Revision of Sorbus subgenera Aria and Torminaria. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 69:123–125.
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk)
• 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)
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. (Zander ed14)
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. (Zander ed17)
• Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. (Cornucopia)
• Gabrielian, E. T. 1978. Sorbus in west Asia & Himalaya. 202.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
• Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962–1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie. (F Alger)
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. (F Iran)
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Sorbus torminalis.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Sorbus torminalis. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Crataegus torminalis L. (basionym)
  
• (≡) Pyrus torminalis (L.) Ehrh.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other databases for Sorbus torminalis (L.) Crantz:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority for Sorbus torminalis 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.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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