Sorbus forrestii: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Rosales
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Sorbus
- Species
- Sorbus forrestii
- Scientific Name
- Sorbus forrestii
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Sorbus forrestii
Sorbus forrestii, commonly known as Forrest's rowan, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae, native to western China. Growing to 8 m (26 ft) tall and broad, it is a spreading deciduous tree with leaves up to 20 cm (7.9 in) long, each divided into up to 19 leaflets (pinnate). White flowers in spring are followed by masses of white berries with pink tips in autumn.
The Latin-specific epithet forrestii honours the Scottish botanist and plant collector George Forrest (1873-1932), who brought thousands of plant specimens and seeds back to Britain. Forrest had his base in North West Yunnan, which is where S. forrestii originally came from.
This hardy tree is suitable for cultivation in parks and large gardens. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
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Sibling Taxa
- Sorbus americana
- Sorbus aucuparia
- Sorbus californica
- Sorbus cashmiriana
- Sorbus commixta
- Sorbus dacica
- Sorbus decora
- Sorbus discolor
- Sorbus ellipsoidalis
- Sorbus foliolosa
- Sorbus forrestii
- Sorbus frutescens
- Sorbus glabrescens
- Sorbus glabriuscula
- Sorbus gorodkovii
- Sorbus gracilis
- Sorbus hajastana
- Sorbus koehneana
- Sorbus kusnetzovii
- Sorbus kuznetzovii
- Sorbus lingshiensis
- Sorbus longii
- Sorbus macallisteri
- Sorbus maderensis
- Sorbus matsumurana
- Sorbus microphylla
- Sorbus pallescens
- Sorbus prattii
- Sorbus pseudohupehensis
- Sorbus randaiensis
- Sorbus reducta
- Sorbus rehderiana
- Sorbus rinzenii
- Sorbus rufopilosa
- Sorbus sambucifolia
- Sorbus sargentiana
- Sorbus scalaris
- Sorbus scopulina
- Sorbus shirinensis
- Sorbus sibirica
- Sorbus sitchensis
- Sorbus subfusca
- Sorbus tianschanica
- Sorbus ulmifolia
- Sorbus vilmorinii
- Sorbus wallichii
- Sorbus wilsoniana