Sorbus

Sorbus

See also: sorbus

Translingual

Sorbus hibernica

Etymology

From Latin sorbus (“service tree, Sorbus domestica”)

Proper noun

Sorbus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – about 100–200 species of trees, including whitebeam, rowan, service tree, and mountain ash.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I - clades; Rosales - order; Rosaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Sorbus aucuparia - type species
  • Sorbus subg. Albocarmesinae, Sorbus subg. Aria, Sorbus subg. Chamaemespilus, Sorbus subg. Cormus, Sorbus subg. Micromeles, Sorbus subg. Sorbus, Sorbus subg. Torminaria - subgenera
  • Sorbus torminalis, Sorbus domestica - selected species; for other species see Sorbus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons .

Further reading

• Sorbus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sorbus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Sorbus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Sorbus at USDA Plants database