Aria leighensis

Aria leighensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Aria
Species:
A. leighensis
Binomial name
Aria leighensis
T.C.G.Rich
Synonyms
  • Pyrus leighensis (T.C.G.Rich) M.F.Fay & Christenh.
  • Sorbus leighensis T.C.G.Rich

Aria leighensis, commonly known as Leigh Woods whitebeam, is a rare species of whitebeam, a flowering plant in the|rose family Rosaceae.

Description

Aria leighensis is a small tree or shrub reaching a height of 10 m. Like other species of whitebeams, the upper surface of the leaf is a light green, while the underside is white or greyish white. Leaves are obovate, and range from 7-10.5 cm long and 5–7 cm wide.[2]

It is named after Leigh Woods in the Avon Gorge, where it is known.[3][4] DNA analysis in the 2000s classified it as a triploid apomict from A. edulis × A. porrigentiformis.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Sorbus leighensis (Leigh Wood's Whitebeam)". IUCN Red List.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "14 new trees discovered in the UK and Ireland". National Museum Cardiff. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  4. ^ Rich, T. C. G.; Green, D.; Houston, L.; Lepší, M.; Ludwig, S.; Pellicer, J. (12 April 2014). "British Sorbus (Rosaceae): Six new species, two hybrids and a new subgenus". New Journal of Botany. 4 (1): 2–12. doi:10.1179/2042349714Y.0000000036. S2CID 84693650.
  5. ^ Rich, T. C. G.; Harris, S. A.; Hiscock, S. J. (2009). "Five new Sorbus (Rosaceae) taxa from the Avon Gorge, England" (PDF). Watsonia.
  6. ^ Rich, T. C. G.; Proctor, M. C. F. (2009). "Some new British and Irish Sorbus L. taxa (Rosaceae)". Watsonia. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.667.5444.