The following species are recognised in the genus ''
Sorbus
''Sorbus'' is a genus of over 100 species of trees and shrubs in the rose family, Rosaceae. Species of ''Sorbus'' ('' s.str.'') are commonly known as rowan or mountain-ash. The genus used to include species commonly known as whitebeam, cheque ...
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This list follows a narrow definition of genus ''Sorbus''; species that have been moved to the genera ''
Aria
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Torminalis
''Torminalis'' is a genus of plants in the rose family, Rosaceae. The genus was formerly included within the genus ''Sorbus'' as the section ''Torminaria'', but the simple-leafed species traditionally classified in ''Sorbus'' are now considered ...
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Cormus'', ''
Chamaemespilus
''Chamaemespilus'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Rosaceae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species ''Chamaemespilus alpina'', commonly known as false medlar or dwarf whitebeam. It is native to the mountains of central and so ...
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Hedlundia
''Hedlundia'' is a genus of plants in the rose family (biology), family (of Rosaceae). They are shrubs or small trees that have a Hybrid (biology), hybrid origin involving crosses between ''Whitebeam, Aria'' and ''Sorbus'' sensu stricto. There ar ...
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Scandosorbus
''Scandosorbus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae. It includes two species of trees native to northern Europe.
*'' Scandosorbus intermedia'' – Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Baltic states, Poland, and Germany
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Karpatiosorbus
''Karpatiosorbus'' (Synonymy: ''Sorbus'' subgenus ''Tormaria'' Májovsky & Bernátová = ''S''. subgenus ''Aria'' x subgenus ''Torminaria'') is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rosaceae, native to Europe, including Crimea, and Algeria. S ...
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Mayovskya'' and ''
Normeyera
''Normeyera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae. It includes nine species native to west-central Europe, ranging from France through Switzerland, Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia to Poland.
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Sorbus albopilosa''
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Sorbus americana''
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Sorbus amoena''
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Sorbus arachnoidea''
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Sorbus aucuparia
''Sorbus aucuparia'', commonly called rowan (, also ) and mountain-ash, is a species of deciduous tree or shrub in the rose family.
The tree has a slender trunk with smooth bark, a loose and roundish crown, and its leaves are pinnate in pairs o ...
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Sorbus bissetii''
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Sorbus bulleyana''
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Sorbus californica''
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Sorbus carmesina''
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Sorbus cashmiriana''
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Sorbus cibagouensis''
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Sorbus cinereopubescens''
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Sorbus commixta''
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Sorbus coxii''
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Sorbus decora''
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Sorbus discolor''
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Sorbus dolichofoliolatus''
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Sorbus domugledica''
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Sorbus doshonglaensis''
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Sorbus eburnea''
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Sorbus ellipsoidalis''
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Sorbus erzincanica''
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Sorbus esserteauana''
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Sorbus fansipanensis''
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Sorbus faohraei''
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Sorbus filipes''
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Sorbus foliolosa''
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Sorbus forrestii''
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Sorbus frutescens''
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Sorbus gilgitana''
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Sorbus glabriuscula''
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Sorbus glomerulata''
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Sorbus gonggashanica''
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Sorbus gongshanensis''
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Sorbus gracilis''
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Sorbus hajastana''
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Sorbus harrowiana
''Sorbus harrowiana'', commonly known as Harrow rowan, is a species of rowan. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant
Ornamental plants or ''garden plants'' are plants that are primarily grown for their beauty but also for qualities such as s ...
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Sorbus helenae''
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Sorbus herculis''
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Sorbus himalaica''
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Sorbus hugh-mcallisteri''
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Sorbus hupehensis
''Sorbus hupehensis'', also known as Hupeh rowan or Hubei rowan, is a species of rowan native to central and western China. It is found between Qinghai and Gansu in the west, Yunnan in the south, Jiangxi in the southeast, and Shandong in the east ...
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Sorbus insignis''
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Sorbus keenanii''
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Sorbus khumbuensis
''Sorbus khumbuensis'' is a species of rowan in the family Rosaceae. It is part of the '' Sorbus microphylla'' aggregate with crimson fruits, turning white. It has small long-oval shaped leaves with 12-19 pairs of leaflets per leaf. It is native ...
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Sorbus kiukiangensis''
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Sorbus koehneana''
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Sorbus kongboensis''
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Sorbus kurzii''
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Sorbus kusnetzovii''
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Sorbus lanpingensis''
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Sorbus lingshiensis''
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Sorbus longii''
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Sorbus lushanensis''
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Sorbus macallisteri''
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Sorbus macrantha''
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Sorbus maderensis''
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Sorbus matsumurana''
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Sorbus microphylla
''Sorbus microphylla'', the small-leaf rowan, is a species of plant found in the Himalayas and China. It is probably a species aggregate. The berries are eaten by red panda
The red panda (''Ailurus fulgens''), also known as the lesser p ...
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Sorbus monbeigii''
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Sorbus muliensis''
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Sorbus obsoletidentata''
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Sorbus occidentalis''
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Sorbus oligodonta
''Sorbus oligodonta'', also known as the kite-leaf rowan and white-fruited rowan, is a species of rowan found from the eastern Himalaya to south-central China, northern Vietnam and Myanmar.
Description
''Sorbus oligodonta'' is a small to medium ...
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Sorbus olivacea''
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Sorbus ovalis''
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Sorbus parva''
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Sorbus parvifolia''
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Sorbus parvifructa''
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Sorbus pontica''
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Sorbus poteriifolia
''Sorbus poteriifolia'' is a species of rowan native to south-central China and northern Myanmar. It is a shrub found at 3000 to 4000m above sea level. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit
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Sorbus prattii''
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Sorbus × proctoriana''
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Sorbus pseudohupehensis
''Sorbus pseudohupehensis'', the Chinese mountain ash, is a species of rowan native to Yunnan province in China. Available from commercial suppliers under a variety of names, it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit
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Sorbus pseudovilmorinii
''Sorbus pseudovilmorinii'' is a species of variable deciduous flowering tree.
Description
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Sorbus randaiensis''
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Sorbus reducta''
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Sorbus rehderiana
''Sorbus'' is a genus of over 100 species of trees and shrubs in the rose family, Rosaceae. Species of ''Sorbus'' ('' s.str.'') are commonly known as rowan or mountain-ash. The genus used to include species commonly known as whitebeam, chequer ...
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Sorbus rinzenii''
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Sorbus rockii''
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Sorbus rosea''
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Sorbus rubescens''
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Sorbus rufopilosa
''Sorbus'' is a genus of over 100 species of trees and shrubs in the rose family, Rosaceae. Species of ''Sorbus'' ('' s.str.'') are commonly known as rowan or mountain-ash. The genus used to include species commonly known as whitebeam, chequer ...
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Sorbus rushforthii''
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Sorbus rutilans''
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Sorbus sambucifolia''
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Sorbus sargentiana
''Sorbus sargentiana'', commonly known as Sargent's rowan is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. It is native to southwestern Sichuan and northern Yunnan in China, where it grows at altitudes of .Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of ...
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Sorbus scalaris''
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Sorbus scopulina''
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Sorbus setschwanensis''
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Sorbus shirinensis''
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Sorbus sitchensis''
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Sorbus splendens''
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Sorbus subfusca''
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Sorbus sujoyi''
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Sorbus tenuis''
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Sorbus tianschanica''
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Sorbus tiantangensis''
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Sorbus tiliifolia''
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Sorbus ulleungensis
''Sorbus ulleungensis'' is a species of rowan native to Ulleung Island of South Korea. Its cultivar 'Olympic Flame' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit
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Sorbus ursina
''Sorbus'' is a genus of over 100 species of trees and shrubs in the rose family, Rosaceae. Species of ''Sorbus'' ('' s.str.'') are commonly known as rowan or mountain-ash. The genus used to include species commonly known as whitebeam, chequer ...
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Sorbus vilmorinii
''Sorbus vilmorinii'', the Vilmorin's rowan or Vilmorin's mountain ash, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae, native to Sichuan, Tibet and Yunnan in China.
It is a deciduous shrub or small tree, tall, with ferny leaves, each ...
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Sorbus wallichii''
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Sorbus wilsoniana''
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Sorbus × yokouchii''
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Sorbus zayuensis''
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Sorbus
''Sorbus'' is a genus of over 100 species of trees and shrubs in the rose family, Rosaceae. Species of ''Sorbus'' ('' s.str.'') are commonly known as rowan or mountain-ash. The genus used to include species commonly known as whitebeam, cheque ...