Micromeles epidendron

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 epidendron

Name

Micromeles epidendron (Hand.-Mazz.) Kovanda & Challice, Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 16: 192 (1981).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Sorbus epidendron Hand.-Mazz., Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 60: 135 (1923).
• Homotypic
  • Thomsonaria epidendron (Hand.-Mazz.) Rushforth, Phytologia 100: 240 (2018).
  • Aria epidendron (Hand.-Mazz.) H.Ohashi & Iketani, J. Jap. Bot. 68: 358 (1993).
  • Pyrus epidendron (Hand.-Mazz.) M.F.Fay & Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 103 (2018).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China South-Central. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indo-China Myanmar. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Kovanda, M & Challice, J.S. 1981. Folia Geobotanica & Phytotaxonomica 16(2): 191.

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. 
• Ohashi, H. & Iketani, H. 1993. New Combinations of Asiatic Aria (Rosaceae-Maloideae-Sorbeae). Journal of Japanese Botany 68(6): 355–361. PDF Reference page. 
• Rushforth, K.D. 2018. The Whitebeam problem, and a solution. Phytologia 100(4): 222–247. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Micromeles epidendron in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Dec. 12. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2025. Micromeles epidendron. 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. 12. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Micromeles epidendron. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 12 2025. Reference page.