Sorbus microphylla

Sorbus microphylla, the small-leaf rowan, is a species of plant found in the Himalayas and China.^[3] It is probably a species aggregate.^[4] The berries are eaten by red pandas.^[5]

Sorbus microphylla
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Sorbus
Species:	S. microphylla
Binomial name
Sorbus microphylla (Wall. ex Hook.f.) Wenz.[2]
Synonyms
Pyrus microphylla (Wenz.) Wall. ex Hook.f.

References

1. IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group, Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI), Lakhey, P. & Pathak, J. (2022). "Sorbus microphylla". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T150228410A152201667. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T150228410A152201667.en. Retrieved 28 February 2024.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. Linnaea 38: 76 (1873)
3. "Sorbus microphylla (Wall. ex Hook.f.) Wenz". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
4. "小叶花楸 xiao ye hua qiu". Flora of China. efloras.org. Retrieved 12 October 2020. … derived partly from Sorbus rufopilosa and … partly from hybrids and back-crosses between … S. filipes … S. rehderiana and S. monbeigii
5. Pradhan, Sunita; Saha, Gautom K.; Khan, Jamal A. (2001). "Ecology of the red panda Ailurus fulgens in the Singhalila National Park, Darjeeling, India". Biological Conservation. 98: 11–18. doi:10.1016/S0006-3207(00)00079-3.