Torminalis

Torminalis
Torminalis clusii, aka Sorbus torminalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Torminalis
Medik.
Synonyms[1]
  • Torminaria (A. P. de Candolle) M. J. Roemer
  • Torminaria P. M. Opiz

Torminalis is a plant genus that has sometimes been included within the genus Sorbus, as Section Torminaria. It includes at least one species, Torminalis clusii (Schönb.-Tem.) K.R.Robertson & J.B.Phipps (=Sorbus torminalis). The species originally described as Sorbus orientalis is either considered to be a synonym of T. clusii,[2] or to be a second species, Torminalis orientalis (Schönb.-Tem.) K.R.Robertson & J.B.Phipps.

Taxonomy

It has recently become clear that the simple-leafed species traditionally included in Sorbus form a monophyletic group, and the species of Torminalis could be included in a clade called Aria[3] (=genus Aria or Sorbus subgenus Aria).

References

  1. ↑ Index Nominum Genericorum (ING), retrieved 30 June 2016
  2. ↑ Tropicos.org, retrieved 30 June 2016
  3. ↑ Lo, E.Y.Y.; Donoghue, M.J. (2012), "Expanded phylogenetic and dating analyses of the apples and their relatives (Pyreae, Rosaceae)", Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 63 (2): 230–243, PMID 22293154, doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.10.005


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