Markéta Teodoridu:
Rosaceae | Sorbus
11. Sorbus hupehensis C. K. Schneider; Bull. Herb. Boissier; sér. 2. 6: 316. 1906.
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Trees 5–10 m tall. Branchlets purplish brown to grayish brown; terete; with sparse elliptic lenticels; slightly white tomentose when young; glabrescent; buds oblong-ovoid; 6–9 mm; apex acute or shortly acuminate; scales several; reddish brown; glabrous. Leaves imparipinnate; together with rachis 10–15 cm; petiole 1.5–3.5 cm; stipules caducous or some persistent; linear-lanceolate; 4–7 mm; membranous or nearly herbaceous; margin entire or apically 2-lobed; rachis sulcate adaxially; initially tomentose; glabrescent; leaflets (3 or)4–8 pairs; terminal and basal ones smaller than middle ones; at intervals of 0.5–1.5 cm; blades oblong; oblong-lanceolate; or ovate-lanceolate; 3–5 x 1–1.8(–3) cm; lateral veins 7–16 pairs; slightly arcuate-anastomosing; abaxially white tomentose along midvein; glabrate; adaxially glabrous; base cuneate; margin entire or subentire basally; emarginate-serrate apically; apex acute to shortly acuminate; rarely obtuse. Inflorescences (4–)5–8 x 6–10 cm; many flowered; rachis and pedicels glabrous or sparsely white pubescent; bracts linear-lanceolate; 3–6 mm; membranous; margin usually entire; glabrous. Pedicel 3–5(–7) mm. Flowers 5–7 mm in diam. Hypanthium campanulate; abaxially glabrous. Sepals triangular; 1.5–2.5 mm; abaxially glabrous or puberulous only along margin; apex acute. Petals white; ovate; 3–4 x 2–3 mm; glabrous; base shortly clawed; apex obtuse. Stamens 20; ca. 1/2 as long as petals. Styles 4 or 5; slightly shorter or nearly as long as stamens; gray pubescent basally; glabrescent. Fruit white; sometimes stained reddish; globose; 5–8 mm in diam.; glabrous; sepals persistent. Fl. May–Jul; fr. Aug–Sep.
Slopes; dense forests in gullies; thickets; 300--3800 m. Anhui; Gansu; Guizhou; Hubei; Jiangxi; Qinghai; Shaanxi; Shandong; Sichuan; Yunnan.