Distribution
Native to:
Albania, Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Krym, Morocco, North Caucasus, Romania, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Baleares, Cyprus, Great Britain, New South Wales, Portugal, Sardegna, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Crataegus austera Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 357 (1796), nom. superfl.
- Mespilus domestica (L.) All., Fl. Pedem. 2: 142 (1785)
- Pyrus domestica (L.) Ehrh., Beitr. Naturk. Verw. Wiss. 6: 95 (1791)
- Sorbus domestica L., Sp. Pl.: 477 (1753)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Malus sorbus (Gaertn.) Borkh., Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 1(3): 89 (1798)
- Pyrenia sorbus (Gaertn.) Clairv., Man. Herbor. Suisse: 162 (1811)
- Pyrus sorbus Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 45 (1790)
- Sorbus syrmiensis Kit., A.Kanitz, Addit. Fl. Hung.: 585 (1863)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Kurtto, A., Sennikov, A.N. & Lampinen, R. (2018). Atlas Florae Europaeae. Distribution of vascular plants in Europe 17: 1-132.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1972). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 4: 1-657. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
- Delipavlov, D. & Cheshmedzhiev, I. (eds.) (2011). Opredelitel na rasteniiata v Bulgariia: 1-590. Akad. Isd. Agrar. Univers. Plovdiv.
- Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2013). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 5: 1-451. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Hnatiuk, R.J. (1990). Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series 11: 1-650.
- Korovin, E.P. & Vvedensky, A.I. (eds.) (1955). Flora Uzbekistana 3: 1-824. Izd-va Akademii nauk Uzbekskoi SSR, Tashkent.
- Kurtto, A., Sennikov, A.N. & Lampinen, R. (2018). Atlas Florae Europaeae. Distribution of vascular plants in Europe 17: 1-132.
- Litvinskaya, S.A. & Murtazaliev, R.A. (2013). Flora of the Northern Caucasus: An Atlas and Identification Book: 1-688. Fiton XXI.
- Meikle, R.D. (1977). Flora of Cyprus 1: 1-832. The Bentham-Moxon Trust Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Vangjeli, J. (2017). Flora Albania Atlas 1: 1-933. Koeltz Botanical Books.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Living Collection Database
- Common Names from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Living Collection https://www.kew.org/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images