Sorbus
See also: sorbus
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin sorbus (“service tree, Sorbus domestica”)
Proper noun
Sorbus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – about 100–200 species of trees, including whitebeam, rowan, service tree, and mountain ash.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I - clades; Rosales - order; Rosaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Sorbus aucuparia - type species
- Sorbus subg. Albocarmesinae, Sorbus subg. Aria, Sorbus subg. Chamaemespilus, Sorbus subg. Cormus, Sorbus subg. Micromeles, Sorbus subg. Sorbus, Sorbus subg. Torminaria - subgenera
- Sorbus torminalis, Sorbus domestica - selected species; for other species see
Further reading
- Sorbus at USDA Plants database
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