Karpatiosorbus karpatii
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New article for Trees and Shrubs Online.
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'Karpatiosorbus karpatii' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Genus
Synonyms
- Pyrus karpatii (Boros) M.F.Fay & Christenh.
- Sorbus karpatii Boros
Editorial Note
The text below is that of Bean (Bean 1981) who discussed this taxon under the name Sorbus karpatii below his article on S. latifolia (now Karpatiosorbus latifolia). We have created this hybrid article – Bean’s text under the correct modern name, with appropriate synonymy – whilst we await sponsorship to enable a full revision of this genus to be written. We are re-organising the Sorbus sensu lato articles in this way to enable a new revision of Sorbus sensu stricto to commence in 2023, and to bring the nomenclature of this complex group of plants up to date in line with modern treatments.
TC, September 2023.
A shrub to about 15 ft high. Leaves broadly ovate, to about 3 in. long and 23⁄8 in. wide, acute at the apex, rounded at the base, with seven to nine pairs of lateral veins, sharply and irregularly lobed, densely grey woolly beneath. Fruits globose, cinnabar-red, dotted with small lenticels. A native of Hungary, where it is confined to a small area in the southern part of the Vertes mountains, west of Budapest. Introduced late in the 1970s. M. Robert de Belder has this species in his collection at Kalmthout in Belgium, and praises it highly. Whether it is an improvement on our own S. bristoliensis remains to be seen.