Sorbus

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APG IV Classification: DomainEukaryota • (unranked)Archaeplastida • RegnumPlantae • CladusAngiosperms • Claduseudicots • Claduscore eudicots • Cladussuperrosids • Cladusrosids • Claduseurosids I • OrdoRosales • FamiliaRosaceae • SubfamiliaMaloideae • Genus: Sorbus L. (1753)
Sorbus aucuparia, the type species of the genus Sorbus
English: The genus Sorbus, or the Rowans, is a genus of about 100-200 species trees and shrubs in Rose family Rosaceae.

. They have been classified in the subfamily Maloideae, but more recently they are considered part of subfamily Spiraeoideae.