Alniaria

The status, affinity, scope or nomenclature of this taxon is disputed.

Please see discussion on the talk page.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rosales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Rosales

Familia: Rosaceae
Subfamilia: Amygdaloideae
Tribus: Maleae
Subtribus: Malinae
Genus: Alniaria
Species: A. chengii – A. hunanica – A. nubium

Name

Alniaria Rushforth, Phytologia 100(4): 236 (2018).

Type species: Alniaria alnifolia (Siebold & Zucc.) Rushforth, Phytologia 100(4): 236 (2018). vide Micromeles alnifolia (Siebold & Zucc.) Koehne, Wiss. Beil. Programm Falk-Realgymn. Berlin: 20 (1890).

Note the above three species have no equivalents in Micromeles sensu Hu et al. 2025 and are unplaced according to Govaerts et al (2025) and are left here pending further work.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Russian Far East Primorye. Regional: China China South-Central, Manchuria, China North-Central, China Southeast. Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Korea, Taiwan. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Rushforth, K.D. 2018. The Whitebeam problem, and a solution. Phytologia 100(4): 222–247. PDF Reference page.

Additional references

Hu, J., Tan, B., Chen, X., Dong, M. & Ma, J. 2025. Molecular phylogenetics of Micromeles (Rosaceae: Maleae): implications for taxonomy. BMC Plant Biology 25(1146): 1–12. DOI: 10.1186/s12870-025-07143-z Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Alniaria in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Dec. 11. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2025. Alniaria. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2025. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Dec. 11. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Alniaria. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 11 2025. Reference page.