Biology:Sorbus vexans

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Sorbus vexans
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Sorbus
Species:
S. vexans
Binomial name
Sorbus vexans
E.F.Warb.

Sorbus vexans (known as bloody whitebeam[2]) is a rare tree in the family Rosaceae. It is endemic to England. It is found along the coast between Culbone in Somerset and an area just west of Trentishoe in Devon. It can be seen in the Exmoor National Park. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Description

Sorbus vexans is a small tree or shrub, often with multiple stems. The leaves, greyish-white below like other whitebeams, are narrower than most other species in this genus. The fruits, which develop from September on, are deep red.[3]

References

  1. Beech, E.; Rich, T.C.G.; Rivers, M.C. (2017). "Sorbus vexans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T34725A80736740. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T34725A80736740.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/34725/80736740. Retrieved 16 November 2021. 
  2. (xls) BSBI List 2007, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, https://bsbi.org/download/3542/, retrieved 2014-10-17 
  3. Rich, T.C.G., Houston, L., Robertson, A. and Proctor, M.C.F., 2010. Whitebeams, Rowans and Service trees of Britain and Ireland: a monograph of British and Irish'Sorbus' L. London: Botanical Society of the British Isles.

Wikidata ☰ Q1594153 entry