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Scientific name:

Sorbus latifolia-aggregate

Vernacular name:

Whitebeam, Broad-leaved


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Scientific name: Sorbus latifolia aggregate

Diagnostic features
Leaves with ± triangular, acute or acuminate lobes usually divided more than 1/6 way to midrib, grey-tomentose on lowerside.
Fruit orange to orange-brown, often ± brown when fully ripe.
Styles 2, often fused at base.

To this aggregate the following species belong:
Sorbus decipiens; Sorbus subcuneata; Sorbus devoniensis; Sorbus croceocarpa; Sorbus bristoliensis; and Sorbus latifolia.

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-latifolia-agg.

Sorbus latifolia-aggregate
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