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Issue: Vol. 73 No. 1 (2012)
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2012-11-29
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.73.1.8
Page range: 67–68
Abstract views: 13
PDF downloaded: 1

Sorbus megacarpa, a new combination in Chinese Rosaceae

College of Forest Resources and Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, People’s Republic of China
Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Science, Guangzhou, 510650, People’s Republic of China
Sorbus megacarpa new combination Chinese Rosaceae Eudicots

Abstract

The genus Sorbus Linnaeus (1753: 477) in broad sense consists of about 250 species mainly distributed in the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere with 67 species in China (Phipps et al. 1990, Lu & Spongberg 2003, Kalkman 2004).