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Sorbus is a genus of over 100 species of trees and shrubs in the rose family, Rosaceae. Species of Sorbus ( s.l. ) are commonly known as whitebeam , rowan , mountain-ash and service tree .
The Latin name sorbus was borrowed into Old English as syrfe. The Latin name sorbus is from a root for "red, reddish-brown" (PIE *sor-/*ser-); English sorb is attested from the 1520s in the sense "fruit of the service tree", adopted via French sorbe from Latin sorbum "service-berry". Sorbus domestica is also known as "whitty pear", the ...
The English name comes from Middle English serves, plural of serve, from Old English syrfe, borrowed from the Latin name sorbus; it is unrelated to the verb serve. [17] Other English names include sorb, sorb tree, and whitty pear—" whitty " because the leaves are similar to rowan (i.e. pinnate ), and "pear" due to the shape of the fruit.
Sorbus aucuparia, commonly called rowan (/ ˈ r oʊ ən /, [3] also UK: / ˈ r aʊ ən /) and mountain-ash, is a species of deciduous tree or shrub in the rose family.. The tree has a slender trunk with smooth bark, a loose and roundish crown, and its leaves are pinnate in pairs of leaflets on a central vein with a terminal leaflet.
Sorbus albopilosa T.T.Yu & L.T.Lu; Sorbus americana Marshall; Sorbus amoena McAll. Sorbus arachnoidea Koehne; Sorbus arvonensis Sell [2] Sorbus aucuparia L. Sorbus bissetii McAll. Sorbus bulleyana McAll. Sorbus californica Greene; Sorbus carmesina McAll. Sorbus cashmiriana Hedl. Sorbus cibagouensis H.Peng & Z.J.Yin; Sorbus cinereopubescens ...
Sorbus americana is cultivated as an ornamental tree, for use in gardens and parks. It prefers a rich moist soil and the borders of swamps, but will flourish on rocky hillsides. A cultivar is the red cascade mountain-ash, or Sorbus americana 'Dwarfcrown'. It is planted in gardens, and as a street tree. [11]
Sorbus torminalis, the wild service tree Index of plants with the same common name This page is an index of articles on plant species (or higher taxonomic groups) with the same common name ( vernacular name).
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