Micromeles calocarpa (Rehder) M.Aizawa

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'Micromeles calocarpa' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/micromeles/micromeles-calocarpa/). Accessed 2025-04-27.

Family

Rosaceae

Genus

Micromeles

Synonyms

Aria japonica f. calocarpa (Rehder) Yonek.
Sorbus japonica var. calocarpa Rehder

Other taxa in genus

Glossary

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Credits

New article for Trees and Shrubs Online.

Recommended citation
'Micromeles calocarpa' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/micromeles/micromeles-calocarpa/). Accessed 2025-04-27.

Fruiting branchlet with ripe pomes on Micromeles calocarpa, from a plant at Arboretum Hof ter Saksen, Belgium (7 November 2006). Image © Jan De Langhe.

Editorial Note

Bean (1981) discussed this taxon very briefly under the name Sorbus japonica var. calocarpa, stating only that most plants cultivated in Britain as ‘Sorbus japonica’ belong here – see Micromeles japonica. We have created this stub article whilst we await sponsorship to enable a full revision of this genus to be written. We are re-organising the Sorbus sensu lato articles in this way to enable a new revision of Sorbus sensu stricto to commence in 2023, and to bring the nomenclature of this complex group of plants up to date in line with modern treatments.

TC, August 2023.

Foliage on Micromeles calocarpa W 7643, from a plant at Lower Hills, UK (19 September 2023). Image © Jan De Langhe - Arboretum Wespelaar.

Glutinous bud and slightly cordate lamina base on Micromeles calocarpa W 7643 (Lower Hills, UK – 19 September 2023). Image © Jan De Langhe - Arboretum Wespelaar.

Lobulate apical lamina margin on Micromeles calocarpa W 7643 (Lower Hills, UK – 19 September 2023). Image © Jan De Langhe - Arboretum Wespelaar.

Pear-shaped pomes on Micromeles calocarpa (Arboretum Hof ter Saksen, Belgium – 7 November 2006). Image © Jan De Langhe.

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