Sorbus americana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rosales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Rosales

Sorbus americana Marshall, Arbust. Amer.: 145 (1785).

Homotypic
- Sorbus aucuparia var. americana (Marshall) Pers., Syn. Pl. 2: 38 (1806).
- Pyrus americana (Marshall) DC., Prodr. 2: 637 (1825).
- Crataegus americana (Marshall) Chalon, Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 7: 174 (1868).
- Aucuparia americana (Marshall) Nieuwl., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 175 (1915).
Heterotypic
- Sorbus micrantha Dum.Cours., Bot. Cult. 5: 464 (1811).
  - Sorbus americana var. micrantha (Dum.Cours.) K.Koch, Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 249 (1864).
- Sorbus microcarpa Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 341 (1814).
  - Pyrus microcarpa (Pursh) DC., Prodr. 2: 636 (1825).
  - Pyrus microcarpa (Pursh) Spreng., Syst. Veg. ed. 16. 2: 511 (1825).
- Pyrus americana var. microcarpa (Pursh) Torr. & A.Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 472 (1840).
- Sorbus americana var. microcarpa (Pursh) Wenz., Linnaea 38: 73 (1873).
- Sorbus pumila Raf., Med. Fl. 2: 265 (1830).
- Sorbus riparia Raf., New Fl. 3: 15 (1838).
- Sorbus humifusa S.Watson, Bibl. Index N. Amer. Bot.: 290 (1878), nom. superfl.
- Sorbus americana var. macrocarpa Zabel in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 195 (1903).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Eastern Canada
  - New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Québec.
- Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
  - Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin.
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia.
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia.

Marshall, H. 1785. Arbustrum Americanum: The American grove, or, An alphabetical catalogue of forest trees and shrubs, natives of the American United States, arranged according to the Linnaean system 174 pp. Philadelphia. BHL Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Sorbus americana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 July 8. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Sorbus americana. Published online. Accessed: July 8 2022. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Sorbus americana. Accessed: 8 July 2022.
Hassler, M. 2022. Sorbus americana. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 July 8. Reference page.