''Majovskya'' is a genus of

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s belonging to the family

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. They are shrubs or small trees, they appear to have arisen via hybridization events between the clades ''

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'' (Pers.) Host and '' Chamaemespilus'' (L.) Crantz. It is native to Europe and found in

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and

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. ''Majovskya sudetica'' has also be found in

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in 2020. The genus name of ''Majovskya'' is in honour of Jozef Májovský (1920–2012), who was a Slovakian botanist and Professor of Botany in

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. This was due to "the development of the taxonomy of hybridogenous Sorbus taxa in Slovakia". It was first described and published by Alexander Nikolaevitsch Sennikov and Arto Kurtto in Memoranda Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. vol.93 on page 63 in 2017. The US

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calls ''Majovskya'' a

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of ×''Chamaearia'' , as while the name is legitimate, ''Majovskya'' is incorrect because ''×Chamaearia'' should have priority (according to Shenzhen ICN 11.3).

Species

According to Kew: *''

Majovskya algoviensis ''Majovskya'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rosaceae. They are shrubs or small trees, they appear to have arisen via hybridization events between the clades ''Whitebeam, Aria'' (Pers.) Host and ''Chamaemespilus'' (L.) Cran ...

'' *'' Majovskya ambigua'' *'' Majovskya haljamovae'' *'' Majovskya sudetica'' *'' Majovskya zuzanae'' The type species is ''Majovskya sudetica''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q41521756 Rosaceae Rosaceae genera Plants described in 2017 Flora of Southwestern Europe Flora of Middle Europe