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Herbarium specimen: Sorbus leyana

Taxon:Rosaceae: Sorbus leyana Wilmott
named by Timothy C G Rich 2009
Filed in taxon folder:Rosaceae: Sorbus intermedia (Ehrh.) Pers. ("Swedish Whitebeam")
Collected by:Rev. Augustin Ley
Collection date:6/6/1899
Locality:Great Britain, VC42 Breconshire, Cefn Coed [Cefn-coed-y-cymmer], SO00, limestone cliff near
ex herb:Rev William Hunt Painter
Botanical Exchange Club of The British Isles
Institution:Aberystwyth University Herbarium (ABS)
Image:Sorbus leyana herbarium specimen from Cefn Coed [Cefn-coed-y-cymmer], VC42 Breconshire in 1899 by Rev. Augustin Ley.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:fruit resembles S. minima but much less brightly coloured. Some 15-20 shrubs of this plant existon the cliff, but most are quite inaccessible. A. Ley.
Matches well with the Arran scandica. E F Linton

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+Sorbus leyanaGB, VC42 Breconshire, Cefn Coed [Cefn-coed-y-cymmer]Augustin Ley6/6/1899MANCH

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