Vasilis Teodoridis:
Rosaceae | Sorbus
33. Sorbus rufopilosa C. K. Schneider; Bull. Herb. Boissier; sér. 2. 6: 317. 1906.
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Shrubs or small trees; 2.7–5 m tall. Young branches dark gray to grayish brown; terete; rusty pubescent when young; glabrescent; with few small lenticels; buds ovoid; 5–8 mm; apex acute and slightly pubescent; scales several; dark brown. Leaves imparipinnate; together with rachis 6–10 cm; petiole ca. 1 cm; stipules lanceolate to semiorbicular; 3–5 mm; somewhat herbaceous; margin coarsely serrate; rachis abaxially pubescent; narrowly winged; adaxially grooved; leaflet blades 8–14(–17)-paired; at intervals of 5–9 mm; elliptic to narrowly elliptic or lanceolate; (0.8–)1–2 cm x (3–)6–10 mm; lateral veins 6–8(–10) pairs; abaxially densely pubescent along midvein when young; subglabrous when old; adaxially sparsely pubescent; base broadly cuneate or rounded; with 6–10 minute sharp teeth per side; entire basally; apex acute or obtuse. Inflorescences corymbose or compound-corymbose; 2.5–4(–5) cm; 3–8(or more)-flowered; rachis and pedicels pubescent; bracts lanceolate or linear; 3–4 mm; margin slightly serrate. Pedicel 3–5 mm. Flowers 6–8 mm in diam. Hypanthium campanulate; abaxially glabrous. Sepals triangular; apex obtuse; rarely acute. Petals pink; broadly ovate; 4–5 x 3–4 mm; glabrous. Stamens 20; shorter than petals. Styles 3 or 4(or 5); ca. as long as stamens; pilose basally. Fruit red; ovoid-globose; 8–10 mm in diam.; with persistent erect sepals. Fl. May–Jun; fr. Aug–Sep. 2n = 34.
Coniferous or mixed forests; thickets in valleys; 2700--4000 m. Guizhou; Sichuan; Xizang; Yunnan [Bhutan; India; N Myanmar; Nepal; Sikkim].
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Rosaceae | Sorbus
33. Sorbus rufopilosa C. K. Schneider; Bull. Herb. Boissier; sér. 2. 6: 317. 1906.
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Shrubs or small trees; 2.7–5 m tall. Young branches dark gray to grayish brown; terete; rusty pubescent when young; glabrescent; with few small lenticels; buds ovoid; 5–8 mm; apex acute and slightly pubescent; scales several; dark brown. Leaves imparipinnate; together with rachis 6–10 cm; petiole ca. 1 cm; stipules lanceolate to semiorbicular; 3–5 mm; somewhat herbaceous; margin coarsely serrate; rachis abaxially pubescent; narrowly winged; adaxially grooved; leaflet blades 8–14(–17)-paired; at intervals of 5–9 mm; elliptic to narrowly elliptic or lanceolate; (0.8–)1–2 cm x (3–)6–10 mm; lateral veins 6–8(–10) pairs; abaxially densely pubescent along midvein when young; subglabrous when old; adaxially sparsely pubescent; base broadly cuneate or rounded; with 6–10 minute sharp teeth per side; entire basally; apex acute or obtuse. Inflorescences corymbose or compound-corymbose; 2.5–4(–5) cm; 3–8(or more)-flowered; rachis and pedicels pubescent; bracts lanceolate or linear; 3–4 mm; margin slightly serrate. Pedicel 3–5 mm. Flowers 6–8 mm in diam. Hypanthium campanulate; abaxially glabrous. Sepals triangular; apex obtuse; rarely acute. Petals pink; broadly ovate; 4–5 x 3–4 mm; glabrous. Stamens 20; shorter than petals. Styles 3 or 4(or 5); ca. as long as stamens; pilose basally. Fruit red; ovoid-globose; 8–10 mm in diam.; with persistent erect sepals. Fl. May–Jun; fr. Aug–Sep. 2n = 34.
Coniferous or mixed forests; thickets in valleys; 2700--4000 m. Guizhou; Sichuan; Xizang; Yunnan [Bhutan; India; N Myanmar; Nepal; Sikkim].