Sorbus scalaris

Sorbus scalaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Sorbus
Subgenus:	Sorbus
Section:	Sorbus[1]
Species:	S. scalaris
Binomial name
	Sorbus scalaris; Koehne
Synonyms[2]
	Pyrus scalaris (Koehne) Bean; Sorbus foliolosa var. pluripinnata C.K.Schneid.; Sorbus pluripinnata (C.K.Schneid.) Koehne

Sorbus scalaris is a species of rowan. It is native to western Sichuan and Yunnan in China where it grows in mixed forests on mountain slopes at altitudes of 1600–3000 m. S. scalaris is a shrub or small tree, 3–7 m tall.^[3]

Sorbus scalaris is sometimes cultivated. It said to be the most attractive small tree among the orange-fruited Rowan species.^[1] Because it is self-incompatible and very few clones are cultivated, most seedlings raised from this species by gardeners are hybrids.^[1]

References

1 2 3 McAllister, H.A. 2005. The genus Sorbus: Mountain Ash and other Rowans . Kew Publishing.
↑ "Sorbus scalaris". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 19 October 2010.
↑ Lu Lingdi and Stephen A. Spongberg. "Sorbus scalaris". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 1 July 2012.

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[McAllister2005-1] 1 2 3 McAllister, H.A. 2005. The genus Sorbus: Mountain Ash and other Rowans . Kew Publishing.

[2] "Sorbus scalaris". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 19 October 2010.

[3] Lu Lingdi and Stephen A. Spongberg. "Sorbus scalaris". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 1 July 2012.