Sorbus amabilis

Sorbus amabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Sorbus
Species: S. amabilis
Binomial name
Sorbus amabilis
Cheng ex Yu

Sorbus amabilis (Chinese: 黄山花楸; pinyin: Huángshān huāqiū; literally: "Huangshan rowan"), a species in the Rosaceae, is a tree to around 10 metres (33 ft) tall that occurs in mixed forests and on mountain slopes in eastern China. It is endemic to China and found only in Anhui, Fujian, Hubei, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang provinces.[2] It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

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  1. 1 2 World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Sorbus amabilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  2. Lu Lingdi & Stephen A. Spongberg. "Sorbus amabilis". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 27 June 2012.


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