Sorbus graeca, (Spach) Kotschy

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 68-69

6. S. graeca (Spach) Kotschy in Unger & Kotschy, Ins. Cypern 369 (1865)

(S. eretica Lindley , S. meridionalis (Guss.) Fritsch).

Shrub or small tree. Leaves 5-9 x 4-7 cm, obovate or suborbicular, not lobed, widest above the middle, broadly cuneate at the base, somewhat coriaceous, with 9-11 pairs of veins, usually with a thick, greenish-white tomentum beneath, biserrate; teeth symmetrical and patent. Fruit usually less than 12 mm, subglobose, crimson, with few, large lenticels. 2n = 34. S.E. & E.C. Europe, extending to Sicilia, Czechoslovakia and Germany. Al Au Bu Cr Cz Ge Gr Hu It Ju Rm Rs (K) Si.

Amphimictic diploids and apomictic plants have both been reported in this species.

Related species include:

S. baldaccii (Degen & Fritsch ex C. K. Schneider) Zinserl. in Komarov, Fl. URSS 9: 398 (1939). Al Ju.

S. eminens E. F. Warburg, Watsonia 4: 44 (1957). 2« = 68. Br.

S. hibernica E. F. Warburg , op. cit. 44 (1957). Hb.

S. lancastriensis E. F. Warburg, op. cit. 45 (1957). Br.

S. norvegica Hedl. , Nyt Mag. Naturvid. (Christiania) 52: 254 (1914). Apomictic. No Su.

S. pannonica Kârpâti , Feddes Repert. 62: 182 (1960). Au Cz Ge

Hu?Rm.

S. porrigens Hedl., Nyt Mag. Naturvid. (Christiania) 52: 255 (1914). Gr.

S. porrigentiformis E. F. Warburg, Watsonia 4: 45 (1957). Apomictic. 2« = 51,68. Br.

S. wilmottiana E. F. Warburg, Watsonia 6: 296 (1967). Br.

5. eniinens and 5. pannonica are intermediate between 5 and 6.