Sorbus
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Sorbus hibernica
See also: sorbus
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin sorbus (“service tree, Sorbus domestica”).
Proper noun
Sorbus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – about 100–200 species of trees, including whitebeam, rowan, service tree, and mountain ash.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Rosales – order; Rosaceae - family; Amygdaloideae - subfamily; Maleae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Sorbus aucuparia - type species
- Sorbus subg. Albocarmesinae, Sorbus subg. Aria, Sorbus subg. Chamaemespilus, Sorbus subg. Cormus, Sorbus subg. Micromeles, Sorbus subg. Sorbus, Sorbus subg. Torminaria - subgenera
- Sorbus torminalis, Sorbus domestica - selected species; for other species see
Category:Sorbus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons .
Derived terms
References
Sorbus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Sorbus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies - Sorbus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Sorbus at USDA Plants database
