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Aria
Aria is a genus of deciduous whitebeam trees and shrubs in the rose family, native to Europe, western Asia and North Africa. Most grown members are small to medium trees valued for their silvery leaves and red autumn fruit.
Aria is a genus of plant in the rose family Rosaceae. It includes some of the deciduous species commonly known as whitebeams, and is native to Europe, the north African mountains and western Asia. Via hybridisation with related genera, it is a main contributor to the genesis of a complex of apomicts of intergeneric hybrid origin, which are also commonly referred to as whitebeams.
The genus Aria is distributed across much of Europe, western Asia and the Atlas Mountains in north Africa. Although the genus is relatively species-rich, only a few species are widely distributed, notably common whitebeam, wild service tree (Aria torminalis), Balkan whitebeam (A. graeca) and A. umbellata. In contrast, many species, particularly those that are apomictic, are endemic to only a particular region, or even to only one site. As of July 2026, Plants of the World Online recognises the following 152 species in the genus Aria:
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