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Aronia -
by Gerry Moore
Not peer reviewed
Last modified: 07/07/2006
Nomenclature
Aronia Medik., Philos. Bot. 1: 140, 155. 1789, nom. cons. Adenorachis (DC.) Nieuwl., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 93. 1915, nom. illeg. (Art. 52.1). TYPE: Aronia arbutifolia (L.) Pers.
Key to the species of Aronia
1. Lower leaf surface, young shoots, and rachis pubescent...2
1.
Lower leaf surface, young shoots, and rachis glabrous...Aronia
melanocarpa
2. Sepals stipitate glandular; fruit red; lower leaf surfaces
densely tomentose...Aronia
arbutifolia
2. Sepals glandless or nearly so; fruit purple to
purple-black; lower leaf surface scarcely tomentose...Aronia
×prunifolia