Sorbus aucuparia, Sorbus glabrata, SE: Rönn,
DE: Eberesche, NL: Wilde lijsterbes, UK: Rowan

Scientific name:  Sorbus aucuparia L.
Synonym name:  Sorbus glabrata (Wimm. & Grab.) Hedl. (ssp. glabrata)
Swedish name:  Rönn, Vanlig rönn, Nordrönn, Lapprönn
German name:  Eberesche
Nederlandse naam:  Wilde lijsterbes
English name:  Rowan, European Rowan, Mountain ash
Plant Family:  Rosaceae, Rose family, Rosväxter

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Life form:  small to medium-sized deciduous tree
Stems:  light grayish brown bark; generally smooth, but somewhat roughened on older trunks
Leaves:  Pinnate, serrated
Flowers:  Five creamy-white petals, hermaphrodite flowers in terminal corymbs 8–15 cm diameter with up to 250 flowers
Fruits:  Red pomes ("berries")
Flowering Period:  May, June
Fruits:  Small, orange-red fruits, born in terminal clusters (birds like to eat the fruit)
Habitat:  Throughout the country

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Derivation of the botanical name:
Sorbus, Linnaeus named this genus in 1753. "Sorbus" is an ancient Latin name.
aucuparia, bird catching.
glabrata, glaber, hairless, smooth, bald; with glabrousness.
  • The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.
  • The standard author abbreviation Wimm. is used to indicate Christian Friedrich Heinrich Wimmer (1803 - 1868), a German botanist and educator who was a native of Breslau.
  • The standard author abbreviation Grab. is used to indicate Heinrich Emanuel Grabowski (1792 - 1842), a German botanist and pharmacist of Polish heritage who was a native of Leobschütz (today known as Glubczyce, Poland).
  • The standard author abbreviation Hedl. is used to indicate Johan Theodor Hedlund (1861 - 1953, a Swedish botanist.

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Sorbus aucuparia, Sorbus glabrata, SE: Rönn, DE: Eberesche, NL: Wilde lijsterbes, UK: Rowan


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