Sorbaria tomentosa

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordoo: Rosales

Familia: Rosaceae
Subfamilia: Amygdaloideae
Tribus: Sorbarieae
Genus: Sorbaria
Species: Sorbaria tomentosa
Varietas: S. t. var. angustifolia – S. t. var. tomentosa
Name

Sorbaria tomentosa (Lindl.) Rehder (1938)
Synonyms

Basionym
Schizonotus tomentosus Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 26: misc. 71. 1840 [1].

References

Rehder, A. 1938. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum. Cambridge, MA 19: 74.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Sorbaria tomentosa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
English: Kashmir false spiraea, Himalayan sorbaria
Nederlands: wollige lijsterbesspirea

Sorbaria tomentosa, the Himalayan sorbaria or Kashmir false spirea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. A shrub with white flowers that can grow up to 6 metres in height.[2] It is native to Afghanistan, Central Asia and the Himalayas, and has been introduced to the South Island of New Zealand.[1][3] It has gone extinct in Tajikistan.[1] Its putative variety Sorbaria tomentosa var. angustifolia, the narrow-leaved Himalayan sorbaria, has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[4]
References

"Sorbaria tomentosa (Lindl.) Rehder". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
Coutts, J; Osborn, A; Edwards, A (1954). Preston, G.H. (ed.). The Complete Book of Gardening. Great Britain: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited. p. 399.
Qureshi, Tabish. "Kashmir False Spirea". flowersofindia.net. Flowers of India. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
"Sorbaria tomentosa var. angustifolia narrow-leaved Himalayan sorbaria". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.