Alniaria Explained

Alniaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rosaceae, native to China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and Far Eastern Russia. It was split off from Sorbus (sensu lato) in 2018.^[1]

Species

The following species are accepted:^[2]

• Alniaria alnifolia (Siebold & Zucc.) Rushforth
• Alniaria chengii (C.J.Qi) Rushforth
• Alniaria folgneri (C.K.Schneid.) Rushforth
• Alniaria hunanica (C.J.Qi) Rushforth
• Alniaria nubium (Hand.-Mazz.) Rushforth
• Alniaria tsinlingensis (C.L.Tang) Rushforth
• Alniaria yuana (Spongberg) Rushforth

Notes and References

1. Rushforth . Keith . 21 December 2018 . The Whitebeam problem, and a solution . Phytologia . 100 . 4 . 222–247 . 23 August 2021 . Key to the genera in the Malinae .
2. Web site: Alniaria Rushforth . . 2021 . Plants of the World Online . Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 23 August 2021 .