Sorbus aucuparia
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Family Rosaceae
Taxonomy: Sorbus aucuparia L.
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Pyrus aucuparia (L.) Gaertn. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): SA (doubtfully naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (doubtfully naturalised), Tas (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (20), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 16 traits from 26 records in 4 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
fruit morphology
- fruit_width (numerical): 10 mm (8-12 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_height (numerical): 10 mm (8-12 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): pome (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_colour (categorical): red (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 110 mm (30-200 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 17.5 mm (15-20 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); oblanceolate (1); oblong (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_serrate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1); opposite (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 15 m (15-15 m) [sources: RBGV_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| RBGV_2023 | 13 | 20 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| RBGV_2022 | 3 | 3 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |