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Sorbus L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 477 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000035797.

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Synonyms of Sorbus

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Aucuparia Rivinus ex Medik. Philos. Bot. 1: 138 (1789) wfo-4000003641
Sorbotoraria Mezhenskyj Netraditsĭni plodoy kulʼturi : 29 (2012) wfo-4000046405

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Sorbus:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus alaskana Hollick ; 1930 97 1930 — wfo-0000991979
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus alnifolia (Siebold & Zucc.) Wenz. ; 1873-1874 58 1873 — wfo-0000999387
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus alnifolia f. hirtella (Nakai) W.Lee Lineamenta Florae Koreae 541. 1996 wfo-0001324284
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus alnifolia var. alnifolia – – — wfo-0001016336
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus alpina Hedl. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. xxxv. No. 1, 115. 1901 wfo-0000997053
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus alpina unranked compacta Dieck Nursery Cat. (Dieck) 1885(Haupt-Kat.): 73 (1885) — wfo-1200084920
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus ambigua (Michalet ex Decne.) Nyman ex Hedl. ; 1901 113 1901 — wfo-0001007756
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus ambigua L. ex B.D.Jacks. Index Linn. Herb. 139 (1912), nomen. wfo-0001006104
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus americana Herb.L.B. ex Hedl. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. xxxv. No. 1, 115. 1901 wfo-0000997054
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus americana Wenz. ; 1873-1874 71 1873 — wfo-0001006114
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus arbuscula Bosc ex Poir. Encycl. , Suppl. 5: 164 (1817) wfo-0000998679
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus arbutifolia (L.) K.Koch Dendrologie ; 1869 185 1869 — wfo-0001008098
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus argentea hort. ex Handl. Trees Kew Pt. i. [Polypet.] (1894) 187. wfo-0000996955
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus aria (L.) Garsault Description, vertus et usages de sept cents dix-neuf plantes, tant ‚trangŠres que de nos climats ; 1764 t.567 1767 — wfo-0001012233
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus aria Hedl. ; 1901 80, f.21e 1901 — wfo-0000986294
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus aria Wimm. ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 2: 242. 1879 [Oct 1879] wfo-0000996977
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus aria subsp. aria – – — wfo-0000984413
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus aria subsp. lanifera (Borbás) Kárpáti – — wfo-1200112281
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus aria var. incisa Rchb. Flora germanica excursoria ; 1830 628 1832 — wfo-0001005362
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus aria var. majestica Lavall‚e ex Prain Curtis's botanical magazine ; 1800 t.8184 1908 — wfo-0001010271
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus aria var. salicifolia Hartm. – wfo-1200027035
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus armeniaka Hedl. – — wfo-0001131622
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus arnoldiana Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 2: 42 (1920) wfo-0000991210
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus arvonensis P.D.Sell – — wfo-1000001298
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus atrata Hedrén & J.Levin Nordic J. Bot. 36(12)-e02035: 14 (2018) wfo-1000001260
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus aucuparia Kom. Flora Manshuriae ; 1901 472 1904 — wfo-0001011367
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus aucuparia Maxim. ; 1873 173 1873 — wfo-0001011368
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus aucuparia Poir. Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] 7: 234, partum. 1806 [6 Jul 1806] wfo-0000998709
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus aucuparia Stell. in Pall. Fl. Nord. Beitr. ii. 300. wfo-0001006105
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus aucuparia subsp. sibirica (Hedl.) McAll. Gen. Sorbus 236. 2005 wfo-0000984430
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus auricula Pers. Synopsis plantarum ; 1805 39 1806 — wfo-0001008092
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus bakonyensis Javorka Magyar Bot. Lapok 25: 87, in obs. 1927 [1926 publ. 1927] wfo-0000998717
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus beckii P.Fourn. Fl. Compl. Plaine Franç. : 90 (1928) wfo-0000998681
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus bollwylleriana Zabel Handb. Laubholzben. : 197 (1903) — wfo-0001008107
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus boscii Vivant ex Gamisans Cat. Pl. Vasc. Corse : 201 (1985) wfo-0001010280
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus bukkensis Soó – — wfo-0001131942
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus caloneura var. caloneura – – — wfo-0001016338
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus canescens Rouy ex Issler Bull. Soc. Dendrol. France 87: 71 (1933) wfo-0000996976
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus carniolica Kárpáti Biol. Vestn. 16: 21 (1968) wfo-0000998676
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus carolipolitana N.Mey. & Meierott Ber. Bayer. Bot. Ges. 91: 61 2021 wfo-1000049802
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus carpatica Borbás C. K. Schneid., Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1:686 (1906) — wfo-1000080724
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus carpinifolia Hedl. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 35(1): 85. 1901 wfo-0000984978
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus caucasigena Kom. Flora USSR ; 1934 377 1939 wfo-0001002654
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus chamaemespilus Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. : 242 (1879) — wfo-0001006145
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus coronata var. coronata – – — wfo-0001016332
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus corymbiflora Koehne Deut. Dendrol. : 248 (1893) wfo-0000996985
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus corymbosa Desf. ex K.Koch Hort. Dendrol. : 176 (1853) wfo-0000997022
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus corymbosa Lodd. Nursery Cat. (Loddiges & Sons) 1814: ? (1814) — wfo-0001006121
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus crenata (Royle) S.Schauer Übers. Arbeiten Veränd. Schles. Ges. Vaterl. Kult. 1847: 292 (1848):. wfo-0001002507
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus cretica Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 376 (1893) wfo-0000997020
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus cretica f. taiszii (Soó) Buia Flora Republicii populare RomŒne ; 1952 254 1956 — wfo-0001014283
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus cuspidata var. khasiana (Hook.f.) Ghora Bull. Bot. Surv. India 49(1-4): 202. 2007 [30 Dec 2007] wfo-0001400090
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus cyclophylla Gand. Fl. Lyon. : 89 (1875) wfo-0000996998
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus dacica Ronniger Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 57: (22) (1907) — wfo-0001007127
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus decaisneana Beissn., Schelle & Zabel Handb. Laubh. Benenn. 199 (1903). wfo-0001003161
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus decaisneana Rehder Stand. Cycl. Hort. 5: 3198 (1917) wfo-0000991011
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus decipiens (Bechst.) G.Kirchn. Arbor. Muscav. : 301 (1864) wfo-0000997070
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus dentata hort. ex Lavallée Énum. Arbres 99, nomen. 1877 wfo-0000996957
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus diabolica Koidz. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 1: 15 (1932) wfo-0000991516
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus dippelii (Zabel) C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 689 (1906) — wfo-0001008739
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus discolor (Maxim.) E.Goeze ; 1891 462 1891 — wfo-0001012551
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus discolor (Maxim.) Hedl. ; 1901 32 1901 — wfo-0001008082
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus dissecta Hedl. Bot. Not. 1948: 387 (1948) wfo-0000998697
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus diversifolia (Lesq.) Cockerell ; 1910 76 1910 — wfo-0001013345
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus domestica var. obtuini Bertol. Flora italica, sistens Plantas in Italia et Insulis circumstantibus sponte nascentes ; 1833 153 1842 — wfo-0001012465
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus dubia Hedl. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl. , n.f., 35(1): 96 (1901) wfo-0000997069
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus dubronensis N.Mey., Feulner & T.C.G.Rich Ber. Bayer. Bot. Ges. 90: 94 2020 wfo-1000065355
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus dulcis Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 367 (1893) wfo-0000997011
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus dumosa G.N.Jones Univ. Wash. Publ. Biol. 5: 180 (1936) — wfo-0000992003
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus edulis K.Koch ex G.Kirchn. Wochenschrift f?r G„rtnerei und Pflanzenkunde ; 1858 382 1859 wfo-0000998696
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus erubescens A.Kern. ex Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. iii. (1893) 378. wfo-0001012488
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus erubescens A.Kern. ex Rouy Scrinia florae selectae ; 1882 148, no.1170 bis 1889 — wfo-0001010281
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus erythrosepala Kainul., Sjöman & Aldén Adansonia sér. 3, 45 (21): 338 2023 wfo-1000057488
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus fennica K.Koch Dendrologie ; 1869 194 1869 — wfo-0000996984
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus fennica auct.angl. – — wfo-0001017922
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus fennosuecica O.A.Eklund Memoranda Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 10: 41 (1933-1934 publ. 1934) wfo-0001002925
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus filarszkyana Kárpáti Index Hort. Bot. Univ. Hung. 4: 84 (1940) wfo-0000998685
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus flabellata hort. ex Handl. Trees Kew Pt. i. [Polypet.] (1894) 185. wfo-0000996958
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus flabellifolia Decne. ; 1874 161 1874 — wfo-0001002650
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus florentina (Zuccagni) Nyman Syll. Fl. Eur. 266. 1855 wfo-0000998718
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus folgneri var. folgneri – – — wfo-0001016356
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus foliolosa (Wall.) Hedl. ; 1901 33 1901 — wfo-0001016983
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus foliolosa (Wall.) S.Schauer ; 1848 294 1848 — wfo-0001008211
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus foliolosa var. ambigua (Cardot) Xin Chen Phytotaxa 382(3): 298. 2018 wfo-1200002720
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus franconica Bornm. ex Dull ; 1961 49, t.12,f.57-58 1961 — wfo-0001018916
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus frigidus A.Gray – — wfo-0001131711
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus fruticosa Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 800. 1821 wfo-0000997034
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus fruticula R.Li & McAll. Phytotaxa 693(1): 96 (2025) wfo-1000079365
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus gayerana Kárpáti ; 1950 35, f. 1950 — wfo-0001018631
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus glabrata hort. – — wfo-0001006007
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus gracilis var. crassa Koidz. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 10(1): 57 1941 wfo-1200098444
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus gracilis var. tomentella Koidz. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 10(1): 57 1941 wfo-1200098443
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus graeca (Lodd. ex Spach) Hedl. ; 1901 75 1901 — wfo-0000997834
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus graeca Lodd. ex Steud. Nomenclator botanicus ; 1840 612 1841 wfo-0000997036
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus graeca var. orbiculata (Zinserl.) Gabrieljan ; 1961 491 1961 — wfo-0000997837
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus griseotormaria N.Mey. & Meierott Ber. Bayer. Bot. Ges. 91: 69 2021 wfo-1000049806
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus heterophylla C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. i. 676 (1906). wfo-0000997027
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus heterophylla Dippel Handbuch der Laubholzkunde ; 1889 372 1893 — wfo-0001008101
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus heterophylla Rchb. Flora germanica excursoria ; 1830 628 1832 — wfo-0000996986
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorbus hostii (J.Jacq. ex Host) K.Koch Dendrologie ; 1869 198 1869 — wfo-0001002933