Sorbus badensis

Badische (Sorbus badensis )

The Badische (Sorbus badensis ), also known as Badische bastard Whitebeam or Badische bastard serviceberry, is a Retail from the complex of the bastard flour berries ( Sorbus latifolia group). Like most other bastard haws it is apomictically, that multiplies asexually by agamospermy. This type is caused hybridogen, at which they occur in addition to the wild service tree (Sorbus torminalis ) probably the Greek (Sorbus graeca ) was involved.

Features

The Badische Whitebeam is a shrub or small tree up to 10 meters high. It is very similar to the Frankish Whitebeam (Sorbus franconica ). The leaves are ovate - elliptical, 7-8 × 3-4 inches tall. The leaf base is rounded to broadly wedge -shaped, the lobes incised pointed and up to 5 millimeters deep. The leaves have 9-10 pair of lateral nerves. My underside is yellow-green. The cup is upright - together eigend. The fruits are 12 × 10 mm in size, roundish to slightly pear-shaped and bright red. The numerous lenticels are about 0.3 millimeters.

Occurrence

The Badische Whitebeam is endemic in southern Germany in the Main valley, Tauber Valley and in the land. It usually comes before on limestone at altitudes up to 300 meters. My preferred locations are west exposed slopes absonnigen documents.

System

The Badische Whitebeam was first described in 1961 by Ruprecht Duell.

Documents

• Herfried Kutzelnigg: Sorbus. In: Hans. J. et al Conert (Ed.): Gustav Hegi. Illustrated Flora of Central Europe. Volume 4 Part 2B: Spermatophyta: Angiospermae: Dicotyledones 2 (3). Rosaceae 2 Blackwell 1995. ISBN 3-8263-2533-8
• Baden -Haw at floraweb.de, access on 10 August 2009