Dunnaria
Monotypic genus of flowering plants
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dunnaria dunnii is a species of flowering plant in the rose family, Rosaceae. It is a tree native to southern China. It is the sole species in genus Dunnaria.
| Dunnaria | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Tribe: | Maleae |
| Subtribe: | Malinae |
| Genus: | Dunnaria Rushforth (2018) |
| Species: | D. dunnii |
| Binomial name | |
| Dunnaria dunnii (Rehder) Rushforth (2018) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
| |
It is distinguished from other Sorboids (Sorbus and relatives) by leaves which are silvery hairy (tomentose) on the undersides with rufous hairs on veins, and by flowers/fruits in corymbs.[2]
The species was first described as Sorbus dunnii by Alfred Rehder in 1915. In 2015 Keith Rushforth placed it in the new monotypic genus Dunnaria as D. dunnii.[1]