New names in British Sorbus (Rosaceae)
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https://doi.org/10.33928/bib.2025.07.030Keywords:
hybrid, neotype, new speciesAbstract
A new triploid species Sorbus fayana L.Houston & T.C.G.Rich is named from the Mendips. A new name is given for Sorbus aria × S. porrigentiformis hybrids = Sorbus × pseudoporrigentiformis T.C.G.Rich & L.Houston. A new combination Sorbus wyensis (D.Green) T.C.G.Rich is made. Sorbus incana Hedl., a cultivated species recently discovered introduced in Dorset, is neotypified.
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