Micromeles decaisneana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rosales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Photokaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Rosales

Micromeles decaisneana (Lavallée) C.K.Schneid., Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 6: 319 (1906).

Basionym
- Aria decaisneana Lavallée, Icon. Sel. Arb.: 61 (1881)
Homotypic
- Hahnia aria var. majestica Dippel, Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 374 (1893)
- Pyrus aria var. majestica (Dippel) Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 97 (1906)
- Pyrus decaisneana (Lavallée) G.Nicholson, Hand-List Trees Shrubs 1: 187 (1894)
- Sorbus aria var. decaisneana (Lavallée) Rehder in L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 4: 1689 (1902), nom. superfl.
- Sorbus aria f. majestica (Dippel) Zabel in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 198 (1903)
- Sorbus aria var. majestica (Dippel) C.K.Schneid., Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 688 (1906)
- Sorbus decaisneana (Lavallée) Mouill., Traité Arbr. Arbriss. 1: 493 (1893)
- Thomsonaria decaisneana (Lavallée) Rushforth, Phytologia 100: 238 (2018)
Heterotypic
- Aria keissleri (C.K.Schneid.) H.Ohashi & Iketani, J. Jap. Bot. 68: 359 (1993)
- Micromeles decaisneana var. keissleri (C.K.Schneid.) C.K.Schneid., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 3: 151 (1906)
- Micromeles keissleri C.K.Schneid., Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 701 (1906)
- Pyrus keissleri (C.K.Schneid.) H.Lév., Fl. Kouy-Tchéou: 351 (1915)
- Sorbus aria var. mairei H.Lév., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 341 (1914)
- Sorbus keissleri (C.K.Schneid.) Rehder in C.S.Sargent, Pl. Wilson. 2: 269 (1915)
- Sorbus mairei (H.Lév.) Rehder & H.Lév., Cat. Pl. Yun-Nan: 242 (1917)

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

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.