Aria latifolia

Aria latifolia

Aria latifolia

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Aria latifolia is listed as Vulnerable.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rosales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Mesangiospermae Cladus: Eudicota Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Unieurosida Ordo: Rosales

Familia: Rosaceae
Subfamilia: Amygdaloideae
Tribus: Maleae
Subtribus: Malinae
Genus: Aria
Species: Aria latifolia

Name

Aria latifolia (Lam.) M.Roem., Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 3: 128 (1847).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Crataegus latifolia Lam., Fl. Franç. 3: 486 (1779).
• Homotypic
  • Karpatiosorbus latifolia (Lam.) Sennikov & Kurtto, Memoranda Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 93: 49 (2017).
  • Pyrus arguta Tausch, Flora 17: 490 (1834), nom. illeg.
  • Pyrus aria subsp. latifolia (Lam.) Hook.f., Student. Fl. Brit. Isl., ed. 2: 132 (1878).
  • Pyrus intermedia var. latifolia (Lam.) DC., Prodr. 2: 636 (1825).
  • Pyrus latifolia (Lam.) R.Thomps., Hort. Soc. Lond., Cat. Fr.: 183 (1826).
  • Sorbus aria subsp. latifolia (Lam.) Rouy & E.G.Camus in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 7: 22 (1901).
  • Sorbus aria proles latifolia (Lam.) Samp., Man. Fl. Port.: 332 (1912).
  • Sorbus latifolia (Lam.) Pers., Syn. Pl. 2: 38 (1806).
  • × Tormaria latifolia (Lam.) Mezhenskyj, Netraditsĭni plodoy kulʼturi: 28 (2012).
  • Torminaria latifolia (Lam.) Dippel, Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 388 (1893).

• Heterotypic
  • Aria arguta M.Roem., Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 3: 129 (1847).
  • Aria latifolia var. rotundifolia Lavallée, Énum. Arbres: 99 (1877), nom. nud.
  • Crataegus dentata Thuill., Fl. Env. Paris, ed. 2.: 245 (1799).
  • Pyrus atrovirens K.Koch, Dendrologie 1: 194 (1869), not validly publ.
  • Pyrus intermedia Soy.-Will. ex Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 242 (1879), not validly publ.
  • Pyrus latifolia var. dentata Irmisch, Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 1: 233 (1881).
  • Sorbus atrovirens K.Koch, Dendrologie 1: 194 (1869).
  • Sorbus latifolia var. ambigens Chabert, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 53: 313 (1906).
  • Sorbus latifolia var. typica C.K.Schneid., Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 695 (1906).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Europe Northern Europe Great Britain (introduced), Ireland (introduced), Norway (introduced), Sweden (introduced). Middle Europe Belgium (introduced), Czechia-Slovakia (introduced), Germany, Switzerland. South-Western Europe France. Africa Northern Africa Algeria. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Roemer, M.J. 1846. Familiarum Naturalium Regni Vegetabilis Synopses Monographicae: seu Enumeratio Omnium Plantarum hucusque Detectarum Secundum Ordines Naturales, Genera et Sepcies Digestarum, Additas Diagnosibus, Synonymis, Novarumque vel Minus Cognitarum Descriptionibus Curante M. J. Roemer. Fasc. i [-iv]... Vimarieae [Weimar]. GoogleBooks Reference page. 

Additional references

• Beech, E. & Rivers, M.C. 2017. Aria latifolia. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017. IUCN Red List Category: Vulnerable . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T79749225A79749229.en.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Aria latifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 August 8. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2026. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora.. Aria latifolia. Accessed: 8 Aug 2026. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2026. Aria latifolia. Published online. Accessed: 8 August 2026. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• English: Broadleaved Whitebeam