Normeyera
Credits
New article for Trees and Shrubs Online.
Recommended citation
'Normeyera' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Family
- Rosaceae
- Aria × Chamaemespilus × Sorbus
Editorial Note
We have published this stub genus article as part of a wider reorganisation of Sorbus sensu lato articles. This work will enable a new revision of Sorbus sensu stricto to commence in 2023 and bring the nomenclature of this complex group of plants up to date in line with modern treatments.
TC, August 2023.
A genus of hybrid origin involving genes from Sorbus sensu stricto, Aria and Chamaemespilus. 9 species distributed across central and western Europe (Austria, Czechia, France, Germany, Poland, Switzerland) (Plants of the World Online 2023). Small or large shrubs. Leaves simple, glabrous to whitish- or grey-tomentose beneath, 4–8 pairs of lateral veins, margins doubly serrate or lobulate with small obtuse lobes. Petals pinkish. Styles 2(–3). Fruit medium-sized, reddish at maturity, distantly lenticellate. (Sennikov & Kurtto 2017; Rushforth 2018).
The name Normeyera honours German botanist Norbert Meyer (b. 1954) ‘who contributed greatly to the taxonomy of apomictic species of Sorbus in Central Europe’ (Sennikov & Kurtto 2017).