Sorbus tianschanica Rupr.

  • Filed As

    Rosaceae
    Sorbus tianschanica Rupr.

  • Collector(s)

    G. L. Webster 6253 with Eugene Nasir, 22 Jul 1955

  • Location

    Pakistan. Gilgit-Baltistan. Kashmir. Baltistan. Karakoram Range, upper end of Hushe Valley, east side, above mouth of Chogolisa Glacier.

  • Habitat

    steep rocky slopes.

  • Description

    shrub with many brs. from base, bark with strogn odor of botter almonds; fls white, odorless.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 04780736

    Occurrence ID: af02e78c-0428-402d-be73-3971e769438d

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  • Region

    Asia

  • Country

    Pakistan

  • State/Province

    Gilgit-Baltistan

  • Locality

    Kashmir. Baltistan. Karakoram Range, upper end of Hushe Valley, east side, above mouth of Chogolisa Glacier

  • Elevation

    Alt. 3810 m. (12500 ft.)

  • Location Notes

    [Tropical Asia]

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UMAN G. YUNCKER HERBARIUM
IF DEPAUW UNIVERSITY (BPU)
PURCHASED BY NY IN 1987
BOTANICAL
.©ARDEt*,
PLANTS OF KASHMIR
Baltistan
Sorbus thianshanica Rupr.
Karakoram Range, upper end of Hushe Valley,
east side, above mouth of Chogolisa Glacier,
steep rooky slopes, alt. o. 12,500 ft.5 shrub
with many brs. from base, bark with strong odor
of bitter almonds$ fls. white, odorless.
No- 6253	'	22	July	1955
Collected by Grady L. Webster & Eugene Nasir
Harvard Mountaineering Club Karakoram Expedition (auspices of Harvard
Museum of Comparative Zoology).
04780736