''Normeyera'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s in the rose family,
Rosaceae
Rosaceae (), the rose family, is a family of flowering plants that includes 4,828 known species in 91 genera.
The name is derived from the type genus '' Rosa''. The family includes herbs, shrubs, and trees. Most species are deciduous, but som ...
. It includes nine species native to west-central Europe, ranging from France through Switzerland, Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia to Poland.
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They are distinguished from other members of the Sorboid clade ('']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 ...
'' and relatives) by glabrous to white or grey tomentose leaves having a doubly serrate margin or with very small obtuse lobes. They are believed to be the result of hybridization from three clades, ''Aria
In music, an aria (, ; : , ; ''arias'' in common usage; diminutive form: arietta, ; : ariette; in English simply air (music), air) is a self-contained piece for one voice, with or without instrument (music), instrumental or orchestral accompan ...
'' × '' Chamaemespilus'' × ''Sorbus''.[Rushforth, K. 2018. The Whitebeam problem, and a solution. ''Phytologia'' 100(4): 21 December 2018. pp. 222-247.]
Nine species are accepted.[
*'' Normeyera atrimontis''
*'' Normeyera caeruleomontana''
*'' Normeyera diversicolor''
*'' Normeyera doerriana''
*'' Normeyera hostii''
*'' Normeyera margittaiana''
*'' Normeyera montisalpae''
*'' Normeyera salatini''
*'' Normeyera schinzii''
]
References
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Rosaceae genera
Flora of Europe
Rosaceae