Karpatiosorbus subcuneata
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'Karpatiosorbus subcuneata' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Genus
Synonyms
- Pyrus subcuneata (Wilmott) M.F.Fay & Christenh.
- Pyrus latifolia var. decipiens Druce
- Pyrus rotundifolia var. decipiens N.E.Br.
- Sorbus subcuneata Wilmott
Editorial Note
The text below is that of Bean (Bean 1981) who discussed this taxon under the name Sorbus subcuneata 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 small tree. Leaves elliptic to rhombic-elliptic, 3 to 41⁄2 in. long, acute at the apex, narrowly to broadly cuneate at the base, sharply toothed, lobed in the upper two-thirds, the lobes triangular, extending one-eighth to one-quarter of the way to the midrib, light green above, greyish white-tomentose beneath. Fruits brownish orange, becoming brown when fully ripe, lenticellate. This sorbus was described by Wilmott in 1934 from the Greenaleigh Woods, Minehead, and has a limited distribution along the coast from there to the wood above Watersmeet near Lynton. It is near to S. devoniensis but the leaves are always more or less cuneate at the base (never rounded) and are relatively narrower. A tree at Watersmeet itself, usually identified as ‘No Parking’, is anomalous and has been identified as both S. devoniensis and S. subcuneata, but is nearer to the latter.