Wilsonaria
{{Short description|Monotypic genus of flowering plants}}
{{Speciesbox
|image = Sorbus megalocarpa.jpg
|genus = Wilsonaria
|parent_authority = Rushforth (2018)
|species = megalocarpa
|authority = (Rehder) Rushforth (2018)
|display_parents = 3
|synonyms =
- Aria megalocarpa {{small|(Rehder) H.Ohashi & Iketani (1993)}}
- Micromeles guanxianensis {{small|(T.C.Ku) Mezhenskyj (2018)}}
- Micromeles megalocarpa {{small|(Rehder) Mezhenskyj (2018)}}
- Pyrus guanxianensis {{small|(T.C.Ku) M.F.Fay & Christenh. (2018)}}
- Pyrus megalocarpa {{small|(Rehder) Bean (1933)}}
- Sorbus guanxianensis {{small|T.C.Ku (1990)}}
- Sorbus megalocarpa {{small|Rehder (1915)}}
- Wilsonaria guanxianensis {{small|(T.C.Ku) Rushforth (2018)}}
|synonyms_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77208772-1 Wilsonaria megalocarpa (Rehder) Rushforth]. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
}}
Wilsonaria megalocarpa is a species of flowering plant in the rose family, Rosaceae. It is a tree native to southeastern Tibet and south-central China. It is the sole species in genus Wilsonaria.
Description
=Generative characteristics=
It is a tree characterized by large fruits, 20—30 mm long by 15—20mm in diameter.Rushforth, K. 2018. The Whitebeam problem, and a solution. Phytologia 100(4): 222-247; 21 Dec 2018.
Taxonomy
=Publication=
The species was first described as Sorbus megalocarpa in 1915 by Alfred Rehder. In 2018 Keith Rushforth reclassified it into the new genus Wilsonaria as W. megalocarpa.
Etymology
The specific epithet megalocarpa from, the Greek megalo- meaning large or great and -carpus meaning fruit, means having large seeds or fruit.Strychnos megalocarpa | CasaBio. (n.d.). Retrieved January 26, 2024, from https://casabio.org/taxa/strychnos-megalocarpaGroppo, M., Simmons, M. P., Cappa, J. J., Biral, L., & Lombardi, J. A. (2014). A New Species of Maytenus (Celastraceae) with Fleshy Fruits from Eastern Brazil, with Notes on the Delimitation of Maytenus. Systematic Botany, 39(2), 478–484. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24546156
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Category:Monotypic Rosaceae genera
Category:Flora of South-Central China