Aria edulis

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Aria edulis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Aria
Species:
A. edulis
Binomial name
Aria edulis
(Willd.) M.Roem.
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Synonyms
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  • Aria nivea var. edulis(Willd.) Koehne
  • Hahnia aria var. edulis(Willd.) Dippel
  • Pyrus aria proles edulis(Willd.) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Pyrus edulisWilld.
  • Sorbus aria subsp. edulis(Willd.) Sved., Alm & Örtendahl
  • Sorbus aria var. edulis(Willd.) Wenz.
  • Sorbus edulis(Willd.) K.Koch
  • Aria alpinaM.Roem.
  • Aria aria(L.) Huth
  • Aria majesticaLavallée
  • Aria niveaHost
  • Aria nivea var. acutifolia(Ser.) M.Roem.
  • Aria nivea acutifolia(Ser.) Gren.
  • Aria nivea var. angustifolia(Lindl.) M.Roem.
  • Aria nivea var. bullata(Lindl.) M.Roem.
  • Aria nivea f. cyclophyllaBeck
  • Aria nivea var. glabrata(G.Kirchn.) Lavallée
  • Aria nivea var. incisa(Mutel) M.Roem.
  • Aria nivea var. lanataLavallée
  • Aria nivea var. latifoliaLavallée
  • Aria nivea latifoliaGren.
  • Aria nivea var. longifolia(Pers.) Gren.
  • Aria nivea var. rugosa(Lindl.) M.Roem.
  • Aria nivea proles tomentosa(Rouy & E.G.Camus) Bonnier
  • Aria nivea var. undulata(Lindl.) M.Roem.
  • Aria tomentosa(Rouy & E.G.Camus) Bonnier
  • Aria vulgarisDecne.
  • Aronia alpina(M.Roem.) Dippel
  • × Aroniaria alpina(M.Roem.) Mezhenskyj
  • Azarolus aria(L.) Borkh.
  • Chamaemespilus aria(L.) M.Roem.
  • Crataegus alpinaGray
  • Crataegus ariaL.
  • Crataegus pallidaSalisb.
  • Hahnia aria(L.) Medik.
  • Hahnia aria var. angustifolia(Lindl.) Dippel
  • Hahnia aria f. aureaHesse ex Dippel
  • Hahnia aria carpinifolia(J.R.Booth ex G.Kirchn.) Dippel
  • Hahnia aria glabrata(G.Kirchn.) Dippel
  • Hahnia aria microphyllaDippel
  • Hahnia aria vestitaDippel
  • Lazarolus aria(L.) Borkh.
  • Malus aria(L.) Risso
  • Mespilus aria(L.) Scop.
  • Pyrenia aria(L.) Clairv.
  • Pyrus alpinaWilld.
  • Pyrus aria(L.) Ehrh.
  • Pyrus aria var. acutifoliaSer.
  • Pyrus aria subvar. angustifolia(Lindl.) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Pyrus aria var. angustifoliaLindl.
  • Pyrus aria subvar. bellojocensis(Gand.) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Pyrus aria monstr. bullata(Lindl.) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Pyrus aria var. bullataLindl.
  • Pyrus aria monstr. chrysophyllaAsch. & Graebn.
  • Pyrus aria proles cyclophylla(Beck) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Pyrus aria ellipticaTen.
  • Pyrus aria var. incisa(Mutel) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Pyrus aria var. longifolia(Pers.) Steud.
  • Pyrus aria var. lutescensG.Nicholson
  • Pyrus aria monstr. lutescensAsch. & Graebn.
  • Pyrus aria subvar. parvula(C.K.Schneid.) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Pyrus aria roseaTausch
  • Pyrus aria var. roseaTausch ex Koehne
  • Pyrus aria rotundifoliaTen.
  • Pyrus aria var. rugosaLindl.
  • Pyrus aria var. silvestriiPamp.
  • Pyrus aria var. sulphureaG.Nicholson
  • Pyrus aria proles typicaAsch. & Graebn.
  • Pyrus aria var. undulataLindl.
  • Pyrus aria' monstr. 'undulata(Lindl.) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Pyrus carpaticaAsch. & Graebn.
  • Pyrus crenataK.Koch
  • × Sorbaronia alpina(M.Roem.) C.K.Schneid.
  • Sorbus acutilobaGand.
  • Sorbus alpinaHeynh.
  • Sorbus araricaGand.
  • Sorbus aria(L.) Crantz
  • Sorbus aria f. acutifolia(DC.) Kárpáti
  • Sorbus aria var. acutifolia(DC.) Jáv.
  • Sorbus aria proles acutifolia(Ser.) Rouy & E.G.Camus
  • Sorbus aria var. alnoidesTimb.-Lagr.
  • Sorbus aria var. amplifoliaRouy & E.G.Camus
  • Sorbus aria f. angustifolia(Lindl.) Buia
  • Sorbus aria var. angustifoliaLindl.
  • Sorbus aria var. arioides(Godet) Timb.-Lagr.
  • Sorbus aria f. aurea(Hesse ex Rehder) Rehder
  • Sorbus aria var. aureaHesse ex Rehder
  • Sorbus aria f. bullata(Lindl.) Buia
  • Sorbus aria var. canescensLegrand
  • Sorbus aria var. carpaticaSoó
  • Sorbus aria var. carpinifoliaJ.R.Booth ex G.Kirchn.
  • Sorbus aria subsp. carpinifolia(J.R.Booth ex G.Kirchn.) Hedl.
  • Sorbus aria f. carpinifolia(J.R.Booth ex G.Kirchn.) Kovanda
  • Sorbus aria f. chrysophyllaHesse
  • Sorbus aria var. cinereaTimb.-Lagr.
  • Sorbus aria var. concolorAlbov
  • Sorbus aria var. cyclophylla(Beck) C.K.Schneid.
  • Sorbus aria subsp. cyclophylla(Beck) Soó
  • Sorbus aria f. cyclophylla(Beck) Jáv.
  • Sorbus aria var. denticulataWaisb.
  • Sorbus aria var. detrusaHedl. ex Issler
  • Sorbus aria var. ellipticifoliaTimb.-Lagr.
  • Sorbus aria subsp. euariaHayek
  • Sorbus aria var. glabraAlbov
  • Sorbus aria glabrataW.D.J.Koch ex S.Schauer
  • Sorbus aria grandifoliaK.Koch
  • Sorbus aria f. incisa(Mutel) Jáv.
  • Sorbus aria var. incisaAlbov
  • Sorbus aria var. incisaMutel
  • Sorbus aria subsp. incisa(Mutel) Hedl.
  • Sorbus aria var. kamaonensisWall. ex Maxim.
  • Sorbus aria var. lachnophyllaMurr
  • Sorbus aria var. laniferaA.Kern. ex Borbás
  • Sorbus aria subsp. lanifera(A.Kern. ex Borbás) Jáv.
  • Sorbus aria var. latifolia(Gren.) Kárpáti
  • Sorbus aria subsp. longifolia(Pers.) Hedl.
  • Sorbus aria f. longifolia(Pers.) Rehder
  • Sorbus aria var. longifoliaPers.
  • Sorbus aria f. lutescens(Hartwig) Zabel
  • Sorbus aria var. lutescensHartwig
  • Sorbus aria f. macrocarpaKonovalov
  • Sorbus aria f. magnificaHesse
  • Sorbus aria f. matrensisSoó
  • Sorbus aria var. microphyllaTimb.-Lagr.
  • Sorbus aria f. obtusaKárpáti
  • Sorbus aria var. obtusataGren.
  • Sorbus aria obtusataGren.
  • Sorbus aria var. ovoideaChabert
  • Sorbus aria f. parvulaC.K.Schneid.
  • Sorbus aria f. pendulaKonovalov
  • Sorbus aria f. pseudocreticaSoó
  • Sorbus aria var. pseudomougeotiiIssler
  • Sorbus aria f. rotundataDüll
  • Sorbus aria var. sphaericaChabert
  • Sorbus aria var. tomentosa(Rouy & E.G.Camus) P.Fourn.
  • Sorbus aria subsp. tomentosaRouy & E.G.Camus
  • Sorbus aria var. typicaC.K.Schneid.
  • Sorbus arioides(Godet) Michalet
  • Sorbus arvernensisGand.
  • Sorbus austriaca subsp. serpentiniKárpáti
  • Sorbus bellojocensisGand.
  • Sorbus budaianaKárpáti
  • Sorbus carpatica(Soó) Kárpáti
  • Sorbus carpinifolia(J.R.Booth ex G.Kirchn.) Prain
  • Sorbus chamaemespilus var. arioidesGodet
  • Sorbus controversaGand.
  • Sorbus glabrataG.Kirchn.
  • Sorbus globuliferaHedl. ex Ridd.
  • Sorbus huljakiiKárpáti
  • Sorbus incisa(Mutel) Prain
  • Sorbus longifolia(Pers.) Prain
  • Sorbus oblongaGand.
  • Sorbus pallidifoliaGand.
  • Sorbus reverchoniiGand.
  • Sorbus scandica subsp. arioides(Godet) Nyman
  • Sorbus sphaerocarpaGand.
  • Sorbus tomentosa(Rouy & E.G.Camus) Issler
  • Sorbus turbinataGand.

Aria edulis, the whitebeam or common whitebeam, [2] is a species of deciduous tree in the family Rosaceae .

The tree often forms new shoots around the trunk. Typically compact and domed, the plant has a few upswept branches and the leaves have an almost-white underside. The hermaphrodite cream-white flowers appear in May, are insect pollinated, and go on to produce scarlet berries, which are often eaten by birds. [3]

It is native to most of Europe as well as North Africa (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia) and temperate Asia (Eastern Turkey, Armenia, Georgia). [4] It generally favours dry limestone and chalk soils.

The cultivars A. edulis 'Lutescens', [5] with very whitish-green early leaves, and A. edulis 'Majestica', [6] with large leaves, have both gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [7]

The berries are edible when overripe (bletted). [8]

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References

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  4. "Aria edulis". Germplasm Resources Information Network . Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
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