Sorbus porrigentiformis

Short description: Species of flowering plant

Sorbus porrigentiformis

Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Rosales
Family:  | Rosaceae
Genus:  | Sorbus
Species:  |

S. porrigentiformis

Binomial name
Sorbus porrigentiformis

E.F.Warb.

Sorbus porrigentiformis, the grey-leafed whitebeam, is a species of whitebeam endemic to England and Wales.

## Description

This is a shrub or small tree, growing to a height of about 5m. It has obovate leaves ; these are shiny green above, and as with all whitebeams, are whitish below. Flowers are white, while the fruits are red globose berries ca.1cm across, usually dappled with pale lenticels.[2]

## Distribution and habitat

Sorbus porrigentiformis is a light demanding species, growing in abandoned quarries, scrubby hills, and grassland on shallow, usually calcareous soils. Populations are restricted to South Wales, Devon and Somerset, and there are fewer than one thousand individuals in total.[2]

## References

1. ↑ Beech, E., Rich, T.C.G. & Rivers, M.C. (2017). "Sorbus porrigentiformis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2017: e.T79749347A79749351. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T79749347A79749351.en.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rich, T.C.G., Houston, L., Robertson, A. and Proctor, M.C.F., 2010. Whitebeams, Rowans and Service trees of Britain and Ireland: a monograph of British and Irish 'Sorbus' L. London: Botanical Society of the British Isles.

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