Global InformationKarpatiosorbus devoniensis information
| Karpatiosorbus devoniensis | |
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| Devon whitebeam, leaves and young fruit | |
Conservation status
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 Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Karpatiosorbus |
| Species: | K. devoniensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Karpatiosorbus devoniensis (E.F.Warb.) Sennikov & Kurtto
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Karpatiosorbus devoniensis is known by the English name of Devon whitebeam[3] and formally as Broad-leaved Whitebeam. When the fruit was reported as sold at Barnstaple Pannier Market [4] the name French Eagles was used, apart from 1929 when they were reported as eagle-berries. When the trees were reported as seen growing wild on botanical walks they were referred to as French Hails (once each as French hail and French Hales). Broad-leaved white-beam, which was the common name until Devon Whitebeam took over, was used once in 1907.
The term Otmast was used once as a pet name,[5] as its true identity was not known.[6] The term sorb apple has been used recently but completely without foundation, it is another example of a name being attributed to the wrong species. It is a species of whitebeam, trees and shrubs in the family Rosaceae. It is endemic to the British Isles, growing wild in areas of Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and south-east Ireland as a native and north-east Ireland as an introduction.
It probably did not exist before the last ice age, arising from a hybrid between Sorbus torminalis, the wild service tree, and another species of whitebeam. It is a close relative of the no parking whitebeam, Karpatiosorbus admonitor, and two other British natives and around 40 species in Europe.[7]
- ^ Beech, E. & Rivers, M.C. (2017). "Sorbus devoniensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T79748504A79748508. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T79748504A79748508.en.
- ^ The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 27 December 2016
- ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ Cann, David (2016) Sorbus subgenus Torminaria (Sorbus latifolia agg.) in Devon newspapers. BSBI News No. 133 September pp. 12-17
- ^ Heligan Survivors ed. Philip McMillan Browse (2009). Alison Hodge. pp 54-55. ISBN 978-0-906720-53-0
- ^ Browse, P.M.M. (2005), Heligan: Fruit, Flowers and Herbs, Alison Hodge, pp. 88–89, ISBN 9780906720400
- ^ Flora Europaea.