Sorbus scalaris
| Sorbus scalaris | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Sorbus |
| Subgenus: | Sorbus |
| Section: | Sorbus[1] |
| Species: | S. scalaris |
| Binomial name | |
| Sorbus scalaris Koehne | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Pyrus scalaris (Koehne) Bean | |
Sorbus scalaris is a species of rowan. It is native to western Sichuan and Yunnan in China where it grows in mixed forests on mountain slopes at altitudes of 1600–3000 m. S. scalaris is a shrub or small tree, 3–7 m tall.[3]
Sorbus scalaris is sometimes cultivated. It said to be the most attractive small tree among the orange-fruited Rowan species.[1] Because it is self-incompatible and very few clones are cultivated, most seedlings raised from this species by gardeners are hybrids.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 McAllister, H.A. 2005. The genus Sorbus: Mountain Ash and other Rowans . Kew Publishing.
- ↑ "Taxon: Sorbus scalaris Koehne". Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
- ↑ Lu Lingdi and Stephen A. Spongberg. "Sorbus scalaris". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
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