Sorbus pseudofennica

Short description: Species of plant

Sorbus pseudofennica

Conservation status

Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]

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

S. pseudofennica

Binomial name
Sorbus pseudofennica

E.F.Warb.

Sorbus pseudofennica (also called Arran service-tree[2] or Arran cut-leaved whitebeam) is a species of plant in the family Rosaceae. Endemic to the Isle of Arran in Scotland, it is threatened by habitat loss.[1] It is thought to be a naturally occurring hybrid between S. arranensis and S. aucuparia, probably with additional backcrossing with S. aucuparia. Sorbus arranensis is itself a hybrid between S. rupicola and S. aucuparia. Apomixis and hybridization are common in some groups of Sorbus species.[3]

Detail of S. pseudofennica leaves.

## See also

* Arran whitebeams
* Spier's School - a mature example grows here.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rivers, M.C.; Rich, T.C.G.; Beech, E. (2017). "Sorbus pseudofennica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T34720A81172256. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T34720A81172256.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/34720/81172256. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. ↑ (xls) BSBI List 2007, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, https://bsbi.org/download/3542/, retrieved 2014-10-17
3. ↑ Robertson, A.; Newton, A.C.; Ennos, R.A. (2004). "Multiple hybrid origins, genetic diversity and population genetic structure of two endemic Sorbus taxa on the Isle of Arran, Scotland". Molecular Ecology 13 (1): 123–134. doi:10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.02025.x. PMID 14653794.

## External links

* [1] Commentary and video of Sorbus pseudofennica.

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