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Sorbus leyana

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
PLANTAE TRACHEOPHYTA MAGNOLIOPSIDA ROSALES ROSACEAE

Scientific Name: Sorbus leyana
Species Authority: Wilmott
Common Name/s:
English – Ley's Whitebeam
Taxonomic Notes: The species is an apomictic product of a cross between S. aucuparia L. and S. rupicola (Syme) Hedl.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Critically Endangered D ver 2.3
Year Published: 1998
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s: Wigginton, M.J.
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Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: Carboniferous limestone cliffs in southern Breconshire.
Countries:
Native:
United Kingdom
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Population [top]

Population: About 20 trees are known in total from two sites.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): Quarrying has destroyed some of the former sites.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: Both locations are given limited protection as Sites of Special Scientific Interest and a small number of plants raised from seed have been incorporated into the population.
Citation: Wigginton, M.J. 1998. Sorbus leyana. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
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