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Alniaria alnifolia
Alniaria alnifolia (also called Korean whitebeam or alder-leafed whitebeam) is a medium-sized deciduous tree from eastern Asia, grown mainly for its orange to red autumn colour. It is hardy and grows best in full sun to part shade.
Alniaria alnifolia (syn. Micromeles alnifolia, Sorbus alnifolia and Aria alnifolia), also called alder-leafed whitebeam or Korean whitebeam, is a species of whitebeam native to eastern Asia in eastern and northern China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan. Long treated in a wide interpretation of Sorbus, it was first moved to Alniaria in 2018, and more recently with the other species in this genus merged into Micromeles in 2023; this latest revision has now been accepted by the Plants of the World Online database.
It is occasionally grown as an ornamental tree in northern Europe, primarily for its autumn colour. The cultivar 'Skyline' has been selected for its fastigiate growth.
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