Sorbus microphylla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Sorbus
Species:
S. microphylla
Binomial name
Sorbus microphylla
(Wall. ex Hook.f.) Wenz.[1]
Synonyms
  • Pyrus microphylla (Wenz.) Wall. ex Hook.f.

Sorbus microphylla, the small-leaf rowan, is a species of plant found in the Himalayas and China.[2] It is probably a species aggregate.[3] The berries are eaten by red pandas.[4]

References

  1. ^ Linnaea 38: 76 (1873)
  2. ^ "Sorbus microphylla (Wall. ex Hook.f.) Wenz". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  3. ^ "小叶花楸 xiao ye hua qiu". Flora of China. efloras.org. Retrieved 12 October 2020. … derived partly from Sorbus rufopilosa and … partly from hybrids and back-crosses between … S. filipes … S. rehderiana and S. monbeigii
  4. ^ Pradhan, Sunita; Saha, Gautom K.; Khan, Jamal A. (2001). "Ecology of the red panda Ailurus fulgens in the Singhalila National Park, Darjeeling, India". Biological Conservation. 98: 11–18. doi:10.1016/S0006-3207(00)00079-3.
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