Alniaria folgneri (syn. Sorbus folgneri), Folgner's whitebeam, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae, native to central China.[1][2] A small tree, the abaxial side of its soft leaves are covered in a silvery-white tomentose layer. Its autumn foliage often turns golden pink, set off by the white undersides, but the intensity of the color varies from year to year.[3] Its cultivar 'Emiel' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[4]

Alniaria folgneri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Alniaria
Species:
A. folgneri
Binomial name
Alniaria folgneri
(C.K.Schneid.) Rushforth
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Aria folgneri (C.K.Schneid.) H.Ohashi & Iketani
    • Micromeles folgneri C.K.Schneid.
    • Sorbus folgneri (C.K.Schneid.) Rehder
    • Sorbus folgneri var. duplicatodentata T.T.Yu & L.T.Lu

References

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  1. ^ a b "Alniaria folgneri (C.K.Schneid.) Rushforth". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  2. ^ Rushforth, Keith (21 December 2018). "The Whitebeam problem, and a solution" (PDF). Phytologia. 100 (4): 222–247. Retrieved 24 August 2021. Key to the genera in the Malinae
  3. ^ Bean, William Jackson; Taylor, George; Clarke, D. L. (1970). Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isle. Vol. 4. J. Murray. p. 427. ISBN 9780719524288.
  4. ^ "Sorbus folgneri 'Emiel'". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 9 October 2020.