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Scientific name:

Sorbus intermedia-aggregate

Vernacular name:

Whitebeam, Swedish


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Swedish Whitebeam

Scientific name: Sorbus intermedia aggregate

Diagnostic features
Leaves variable but often with lowest 3-6 pairs of lateral veins ending in distinct leaf-lobe divided 1/6 way or more to midrib, grey- to yellowish-tomentose on lowerside.
Fruit scarlet to crimson.
Styles 2.

The following species belong to this aggregate:
Sorbus arranensis; Sorbus leyana; Sorbus minima; Sorbus intermedia; and Sorbus anglica.

This aggregate is keyed out from Page 2492 onwards in the Text Key.

There is a multi-access key to the species of this aggregate to be found in IdentifyIt as file Sorbus-intermedia-agg.

Sorbus intermedia-aggregate
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