Genus Sorbus L.


Summary
Genus number:
11300
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Rosaceae
Subfamily:
Amygdaloideae
Tribe:
Maleae
Subtribe:
Malinae
Accession count:

383 (192  active, 60  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (Madrid ICN Art. 14.9 & App. III)


Synonyms
Synonym(s) Possible synonym(s)


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References:
  1. Aldasoro, J. J. et al. 2004. Revision of Sorbus subgenera Aria and Torminaria. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 69:1-148.
  2. Campbell, C. S. et al. 2007. Phylogeny of subtribe Pyrinae (formerly the Maloideae, Rosaceae): Limited resolution of a complex evolutionary history. Pl. Syst. Evol. 266:141. Note: data do not support a broad definition of Sorbus
  3. International Society for Horticultural Science. International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource).
  4. Li, M. et al. 2017. Molecular phylogenetics and historical biogeography of Sorbus sensu stricto (Rosaceae). Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 111:76-86. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.03.018.
  5. Lo, E. Y. Y. & M. J. Donoghue. 2012. Expanded phylogenetic and dating analyses of the apples and their relatives (Pyreae, Rosaceae). Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 63:230-243. Note: appears in a clade with Cormus, apart from the clade with with Chamaemespilus, Torminalis, and Aria, in both chloroplast and ITS results
  6. McAllister, H. 2005. The genus Sorbus: mountain ash and other rowans. In: McAllister, H., The genus Sorbus: mountain ash and other rowans 252 pp.
  7. Sennikov, A. N. & A. Kurtto. 2017. A phylogenetic checklist of Sorbus s.l. (Rosaceae) in Europe. Memoranda Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 1-78.
  8. Sennikov, A. 2014. (2329) Proposal to conserve the name Sorbus (Rosaceae) with a conserved type. Taxon 63:1139-1140.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=11300. Accessed 15 April 2026.