Dunnaria

Dunnaria dunnii is a species of flowering plant in the rose family, Rosaceae. It is a tree native to southern China. It is the sole species in genus Dunnaria.

Dunnaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Tribe: Maleae
Subtribe: Malinae
Genus: Dunnaria
Rushforth (2018)
Species:
D. dunnii
Binomial name
Dunnaria dunnii
(Rehder) Rushforth (2018)
Synonyms[1]
  • Aria dunnii (Rehder) H.Ohashi & Iketani (1993)
  • Micromeles dunnii (Rehder) Mezhenskyj (2018)
  • Pyrus dunnii (Rehder) M.F.Fay & Christenh. (2018)
  • Pyrus koehnei H.Lév. (1912), nom. illeg.
  • Sorbus dunnii Rehder (1915)

It is distinguished from other Sorboids (Sorbus and relatives) by leaves which are silvery hairy (tomentose) on the undersides with rufous hairs on veins, and by flowers/fruits in corymbs.[2]

The species was first described as Sorbus dunnii by Alfred Rehder in 1915. In 2015 Keith Rushforth placed it in the new monotypic genus Dunnaria as D. dunnii.[1]

References
  1. Dunnaria dunnii (Rehder) Rushforth. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  2. Rushforth, Keith (2018). The Whitebeam problem, and a solution. Phytologia 100(4): 222-247. 21 December 2018.
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