Sorbus

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Vernacular names

Dansk: Røn · Deutsch: Mehlbeeren · Eesti: Pihlakas · Hornjoserbsce: Mučnica · Ирон: Цъуй · Lietuvių: Šermukšnis · Magyar: Berkenye · Nederlands: Lijsterbes · Nedersaksisch: Fluithout · ‪Norsk (nynorsk)‬: Rogn- og asalslekta · Polski: Jarząb · Русский: Рябина · Suomi: Pihlajat · Українська: Горобина ·

APG III Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: angiosperms • Cladus: eudicots • Cladus: core eudicots • Cladus: rosids • Cladus: eurosids I • Ordo: Rosales • Familia: Rosaceae • Subfamilia: Maloideae • Genus: Sorbus L. (1753)

Sorbus, Tree in Tiergarten Weilburg

English: The genus Sorbus, or the Whitebeams, Rowans, and Service Trees, is a genus of about 100-200 species trees and shrubs in Rose family Rosaceae.

. They have been classified in the subfamily Maloideae, but more recently they are considered part of subfamily Spiraeoideae.