Biology:Sorbus leighensis
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Sorbus leighensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Sorbus |
| Species: | S. leighensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Sorbus leighensis T.C.G.Rich
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Sorbus leighensis, the Leigh Woods whitebeam, is a rare species of whitebeam, a flowering plant in the rose family.
Description
Sorbus leighensis is a small tree or shrub reaching a height of 10 m. Like other whitebeams, the upper surface of the leaf is a light green, while the underside is white or greyish white. Leaves are obovate, and range from 7-10.5 cm long and 5–7 cm wide.[2]
It is named after Leigh Woods in the Avon Gorge, where it is known.[3][4] DNA analysis in the 2000s classified it as a triploid apomict from S. aria × S. porrigentiformis.[5][6]
References
- ↑ https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/79749246/79749250
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "14 new trees discovered in the UK and Ireland". National Museum Cardiff. https://museum.wales/articles/2009-03-05/14-new-trees-discovered-in-the-UK-and-Ireland/. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ↑ Rich, T. C. G.; Green, D.; Houston, L.; Lepší, M.; Ludwig, S.; Pellicer, J. (12 April 2014). "British Sorbus (Rosaceae): Six new species, two hybrids and a new subgenus". New Journal of Botany 4 (1): 2–12. doi:10.1179/2042349714Y.0000000036.
- ↑ Rich, T. C. G.; Harris, S. A.; Hiscock, S. J. (2009). "Five new Sorbus (Rosaceae) taxa from the Avon Gorge, England.". Watsonia. http://archive.bsbi.org.uk/Wats27p217.pdf.
- ↑ Rich, T. C. G.; Proctor, M. C. F. (2009). "Some new British and Irish Sorbus L. taxa (Rosaceae)". Watsonia.
Wikidata ☰ Q17239328 entry
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