Wilsonaria megalocarpa

Wilsonaria megalocarpa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rosales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Wilsonaria
Species: Wilsonaria megalocarpa

Name

Wilsonaria megalocarpa (Rehder) Rushforth, Phytologia 100: 241 (2018).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Sorbus megalocarpa Rehder in C.S.Sargent, Pl. Wilson. 2: 266 (1915)
• Homotypic
  • Aria megalocarpa (Rehder) H.Ohashi & Iketani, J. Jap. Bot. 68: 359 (1993).
  • Micromeles megalocarpa (Rehder) Mezhenskyj, NULESU Coll. Fruit Ornament. Pl.: 34 (2018).
  • Pyrus megalocarpa (Rehder) Bean, Trees & Shrubs Brit. Isles 3: 325 (1933).
• Heterotypic
  • Aria megalocarpa var. cuneata (Rehder) H.Ohashi & Iketani, J. Jap. Bot. 68: 359 (1993)
  • Micromeles guanxianensis (T.C.Ku) Mezhenskyj, NULESU Coll. Fruit Ornament. Pl.: 34 (2018).
  • Pyrus guanxianensis (T.C.Ku) M.F.Fay & Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 106 (2018).
  • Sorbus guanxianensis T.C.Ku, Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 10(3): 22 (1990).
  • Sorbus megalocarpa var. cuneata Rehder in C.S.Sargent, Pl. Wilson. 2: 267 (1915).
  • Wilsonaria guanxianensis (T.C.Ku) Rushforth, Phytologia 100: 241 (2018).

Distribution

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

References

Additional references

• 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. 2024. Wilsonaria megalocarpa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 January 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Wilsonaria megalocarpa. Published online. Accessed: January 19 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Wilsonaria megalocarpa. Accessed: 19 January 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Wilsonaria megalocarpa. 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. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 January 19. Reference page.