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Rowans and Mountain Ashes
Sorbus
Sorbus is a genus of about 100–200 species of trees and shrubs in the rose family, Rosaceae. Species of Sorbus (s.l.) are commonly known as whitebeam, rowan, service tree, and mountain-ash. The exact number of species is disputed depending on the circumscription of the genus, and also due to the number of apomictic microspecies, which some treat as distinct species, but others group in a smaller number of variable species. Recent treatments treat Sorbus in a
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
European mountain ash
speciesSorbus aucuparia
American mountain ash
speciesSorbus americana
Greene's mountain ash
speciesSorbus scopulina
Sitka Mountain-Ash
speciesSorbus sitchensis
showy mountain-ash
speciesSorbus decora
Siberian mountain ash
speciesSorbus sibirica
California Mountain Ash
speciesSorbus californica
Siberian Mountain Ash
speciesSorbus sambucifolia
Sorbus randaiensis
speciesSorbus randaiensis
Japanese rowan
speciesSorbus commixta
Tian Shan mountain ash
speciesSorbus tianschanica
Sorbus koehneana
speciesSorbus koehneana
Sorbus matsumurana
speciesSorbus matsumurana
Sorbus rehderiana
speciesSorbus rehderiana
Kashmir Rowan
speciesSorbus cashmiriana
Sorbus hupehensis
speciesSorbus hupehensis
Hupeh Rowan
speciesSorbus discolor
Sorbus gorodkovii
speciesSorbus gorodkovii
Ulleung Island Rowan
speciesSorbus ulleungensis
Ladder-leaf rowan
speciesSorbus scalaris
Sorbus setschwanensis
speciesSorbus setschwanensis
Sorbus microphylla
speciesSorbus microphylla
Vilmorin's Rowan
speciesSorbus vilmorinii
Madeiran rowan
speciesSorbus maderensis
Sorbus subfusca
speciesSorbus subfusca
Sorbus wilsoniana
speciesSorbus wilsoniana
Sorbus frutescens
speciesSorbus frutescens
Sargent's Rowan
speciesSorbus sargentiana
Sorbus gracilis
speciesSorbus gracilis
Sorbus rufopilosa
speciesSorbus rufopilosa
Chinese Rowan
speciesSorbus glabriuscula
Sorbus pseudovilmorinii
speciesSorbus pseudovilmorinii
Sorbus foliolosa
speciesSorbus foliolosa
Sorbus × arnoldiana
hybridSorbus × arnoldiana
Sorbus corymbifera
speciesSorbus corymbifera
Sorbus forrestii
speciesSorbus forrestii
Sorbus hajastana
speciesSorbus hajastana
Sorbus splendens
speciesSorbus splendens
Sorbus pallescens
speciesSorbus pallescens
Sorbus reducta
speciesSorbus reducta
Sorbus oligodonta
speciesSorbus oligodonta
Sorbus wallichii
speciesSorbus wallichii
Sorbus pseudohupehensis
speciesSorbus pseudohupehensis
Sorbus kuznetzovii
speciesSorbus kuznetzovii
Sorbus prattii
speciesSorbus prattii
Sorbus ochracea
speciesSorbus ochracea
Sorbus fedorovii
speciesSorbus fedorovii
Sorbus olivacea
speciesSorbus olivacea
Sorbus coxii
speciesSorbus coxii
Sorbus ellipsoidalis
speciesSorbus ellipsoidalis
Sorbus gonggashanica
speciesSorbus gonggashanica
Sorbus arachnoidea
speciesSorbus arachnoidea
Sorbus eburnea
speciesSorbus eburnea
Sorbus himalaica
speciesSorbus himalaica
Sorbus hypoglauca
speciesSorbus hypoglauca
Sorbus longii
speciesSorbus longii
Sorbus kusnetzovii
speciesSorbus kusnetzovii
Sorbus macallisteri
speciesSorbus macallisteri
Sorbus rinzenii
speciesSorbus rinzenii
Sorbus lingshiensis
speciesSorbus lingshiensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.1082
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.608
Garden of Health
1507 · p.352
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.1084
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.277
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.262
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.262
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.438
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.437
A New Herbal, or History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens (trans. Henry Lyte) · 1578 · p.752
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.812
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.812
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48582.