Family |
Rosaceae
Torminalis glaberrima
(Gand.) Sennikov & Kurtto
Torminalis glaberrima (Gand.) Sennikov & Kurtto
First published in Memoranda Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 93: 32 (2017).
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 2, p. 208, Pl. LXXVII, 3; 1970)
Accepted name: Aria torminalis (L.) Beck, according to Kew.
Description
Synonyms: Sorbus torminalis (L.) Crantz; Crataegus torminalis L.; Sorbus torminalis var. pinnatifida Boiss.
Life-form & habit: Shrub or tree, 3–10 m tall, with hairy young branches.
Leaves: Simple, 5–10 cm long and often equally broad, deeply divided into 5–9 pointed, doubly toothed lobes. Slightly hairy on both sides when young, later green and glabrous above, paler and finely hairy below. Mouterde describes the locally predominant var. pinnatifida as having sharper lobes, often cut beyond half the blade width.
Inflorescence & flowers: Compound corymbs with felted flower stalks and calyces; petals white and almost circular.
Fruit: About 1.5–2 cm; oval in the locally predominant var. pinnatifida.
Flowering and habitat
Phenology: April–May.
Habitat & elevation: Woodland.
Distribution
Lebanese distribution: Bikfaya, the bridge over Nahr el Kelb between Bikfaya and Beskinta, Jabal Barouk, Jabal Kneisse, the Cedars of Barouk, the Cedars of Ain Zehalta and Ehden forest.
Syrian distribution: Slenfe and south of Kessab.
Recorded locations: Bqaatouta.
Native range: For the accepted name Aria torminalis: Albania, Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Morocco, North Caucasus, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Türkiye and Ukraine.
Introduced into: Washington, under the accepted name Aria torminalis.
⚠️ Taxonomic note:
Kew currently treats Torminalis glaberrima as a synonym of Aria torminalis. The CMS name and its publication are retained above; distribution follows Kew’s accepted taxon. Mouterde treats the plant as Sorbus torminalis, including var. pinnatifida, which Kew also places within Aria torminalis.