Thomsonaria

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: Thomsonaria
Species: T. candidissima – T. crenulata – T. detergibilis – T. eleonorae – T. fragrans – T. globosa – T. granulosa – T. khasiana – T. kohimensis – T. malayensis – T. paniculata – T. verticillata
Species in synonymy: T. aronioides – T. astateria – T. brevipetiolata – T. caloneura – T. corymbifera – T. decaisneana – T. epidendron – T. ferruginea – T. ligustrifolia – T. meliosmifolia – T. ochracea – T. subochracea – T. subulata – T. thomsonii –

Name

Thomsonaria Rushforth, Phytologia 100(4): 237 (2018).

Type species: Thomsonaria thomsonii (King ex Hook.f.) Rushforth, Phytologia 100(4): 237 (2018) vide Micromeles thomsonii (King ex Hook.f.) C.K.Schneid., Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 701 (1906).

Note: Placed into the synonymy of Micromeles by Hu et al. (2025), but the above species other than green links are unplaced names. They will require further work to assign them to Micromeles s.l..

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central, Hainan, China Southeast, Tibet.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, East Himalaya.
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.
- Regional: Malesia
  - Malaya, Sumatera.

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.
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. Thomsonaria in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Dec. 23. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Thomsonaria. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec. 12. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Thomsonaria. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 23 2025. Reference page.