Micromeles corymbifera

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: Micromeles
Species: Micromeles corymbifera

Name

Micromeles corymbifera (Miq.) Kalkman, Blumea 21: 437 (1973).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Vaccinium corymbiferum Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv.: 588 (1861).
• Homotypic
  • Thomsonaria corymbifera (Miq.) Rushforth, Phytologia 100: 239 (2018).
  • Sorbus corymbifera (Miq.) T.H.Nguyên & Yakovlev, Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 66: 1188 (1981).
  • Aria corymbifera (Miq.) H.Ohashi & Iketani, J. Jap. Bot. 68: 357 (1993).
  • Pyrus vaccinioides M.F.Fay & Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 124 (2018), nom. nov.
• Heterotypic
  • Pyrus karensium Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 41: 306 (1872).
  • Sorbus sikkimensis Wenz., Linnaea 38: 58 (1873).
  • Micromeles castaneifolia Decne., Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 169 (1874).
  • Photinia bartlettii Merr., Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 19: 155 (1933 publ. 1934).
  • Pyrus granulosa var. turbinata Cardot in Lecomte，Not. Syst. 3: 347 (1914).
    • Sorbus corymbifera var. turbinata (Cardot) T.H.Nguyên & Yakovlev, Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 66: 1188 (1981).
    • Aria corymbifera var. turbinata (Cardot) H.Ohashi & Iketani, J. Jap. Bot. 68: 358 (1993).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China South-Central, Hainan, China Southeast. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam. Regional: Indo-China Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Sumatera. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Kalkman, C. 1973. The Malesian species of the subfamily Maloideae (Rosaceae). Blumea 21(2): 413–442. Online. 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. 
• Rushforth, K.D. 2018. The Whitebeam problem, and a solution. Phytologia 100(4): 222–247. PDF Reference page. 
• Ohashi, H. & Iketani, H. 1993. New Combinations of Asiatic Aria (Rosaceae-Maloideae-Sorbeae). Journal of Japanese Botany 68(6): 355–361. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Micromeles corymbifera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Dec 20. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Micromeles corymbifera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Dec 2022. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Micromeles corymbifera. Published online. Accessed: 20 Dec 2025. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2022. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Micromeles corymbifera. Accessed: 20 Dec 2022. Reference page.