Karpatiosorbus Sennikov & Kurtto

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New article for Trees and Shrubs Online.

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'Karpatiosorbus' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/karpatiosorbus/). Accessed 2024-04-30.

Family

Rosaceae
Aria × Torminalis

Species in genus

Glossary

sensu lato: (s.l.) In the broad sense.

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Credits

New article for Trees and Shrubs Online.

Recommended citation
'Karpatiosorbus' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/karpatiosorbus/). Accessed 2024-04-30.

Karpatiosorbus croceocarpa is one of the most attractive species in this genus, combining orange fruits with bright yellow autumn foliage (Kirk Hill Farm, Settrington, North Yorkshire, 1 November 2023). Sponsorship is needed to enable the preparation of new text for this genus. Image John Grimshaw.

Editorial Note

We have published this stub genus article as part of a wider reorganisation of Sorbus sensu lato articles. This work will enable a new revision of Sorbus sensu stricto to commence in 2023 and bring the nomenclature of this complex group of plants up to date in line with modern treatments.

TC, September 2023.

A genus of hybrid origin involving crosses beyween Aria, Sorbus sensu stricto and Torminalis. 85 species distributed across Europe and NW Africa (Plants of the World Online 2023). Small trees or shrubs. Leaves simple, white- or greenish-grey-tomentose beneath, with 7–12 pairs of lateral veins, with small to prominent, acute lobes with a variable number of teeth. Ovules co-lateral. Petals white. Styles 2–3. Fruit large, yellow- orange- or reddish-brown with many large lenticels. (Sennikov & Kurtto 2017; Rushforth 2018).

Karpatiosorbus commemorates Hungarian botanist Zoltán Kárpáti (1909–1972) who made ‘rich, detailed and precise’ contributions to the study of Sorbus sensu lato in Central Europe (Sennikov & Kurtto 2017).

A very spreading specimen of Karpatiosorbus latifolia at Borde Hill, West Sussex, UK; July 2010. Image Owen Johnson.

Karpatiosorbus × hybrida has arisen many times where the parents meet. It is fertile, so seedlings can be variable. This is one at the Yorkshire Arboretum (September 2023) where it is grown under the old name (Sorbus) × vagensis, relating to its first characterization from the Wye Valley in western England. Image John Grimshaw.

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