Sorbus leyana

Sorbus leyana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Sorbus
Species: S. leyana
Binomial name
Sorbus leyana
Wilmott

Sorbus leyana (also called Ley's Whitebeam[2]) is a species of plant in the family Rosaceae. It is endemic to the United Kingdom, where it is found in the wild at two sites in the Brecon Beacons, in Wales. It is threatened by habitat loss. There are about 16 examples left in the wild.[3] Seeds have been collected by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.[4]

Sources

  • Wigginton, M. J. (1998). "Sorbus leyana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 21 May 2014.

References

  1. ↑ Beech, E. & Rivers, M.C. (2017). "Sorbus leyana". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2017: e.T34723A80736437. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T34723A80736437.en. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 25 January 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Ancient trees face extinction". BBC News. 25 August 1998. (links to audio file)
  4. ↑ Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew "TV cliff-hanger for seed collectors!". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  • "Britain's Rarest Trees". Nature. 5 January 2010. BBC Radio 4.
  • Malcolm Smith (8 February 2003). "Hope for the whitebeam". The Daily Telegraph.
  • "Rare Welsh tree to mark Queen's Jubilee". 27 May 2002. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012.


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