Sorbus meinichii, (Lindeb.) Hedl.

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14. S.meinichii(Lindeb.)Hedl. , NytMag.Naturvid. (Christiania) 52: 259 (1914).

Small tree. Leaves obtuse, coarsely serrate, some­ what coriaceous, lobed, with 4-5 pairs of free, sessile leaflets proximally, subglabrous above, with greyish tomentum beneath; upper leaflets shortly decurrent on petiole, terminal leaflet larger than the lateral, ovate-rhombic, decreasingly lobed towards apex. Fruit up to 12 mm, subglobose, not or only slightly longer than wide, red. • S. & W. Norway. No.

Related species include:

S. teodori Liljefors , Acta Horti Berg. 16: 283 (1953). 2n = 51. Su.

13, 14 and their related species are all apomictic, so far as is known. They probably originated by hybridization between 2 and 7 or between 2 and 4.