Majovskya

Majovskya is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rosaceae.[1] They are shrubs or small trees, they appear to have arisen via hybridization events between the clades Aria (Pers.) Host and Chamaemespilus (L.) Crantz.[2]

Majovskya
Fruits and leaves of Majovskya sudetica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Majovskya
Sennikov & Kurtto

It is native to Europe and found in Austria, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Poland, Spain and Switzerland.[1] Majovskya sudetica has also be found in Ukraine in 2020.[3]

The genus name of Majovskya is in honour of Jozef Májovský (1920–2012), who was a Slovakian botanist and Professor of Botany in Bratislava. This was due to "the development of the taxonomy of hybridogenous Sorbus taxa in Slovakia".[4] It was first described and published by Alexander Nikolaevitsch Sennikov and Arto Kurtto in Memoranda Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. vol.93 on page 63 in 2017.[1][2]

The US Germplasm Resources Information Network calls Majovskya a synonym of ×Chamaearia Mezhenskyj, as while the name is legitimate, Majovskya is incorrect because ×Chamaearia should have priority (according to Shenzhen ICN 11.3).[5]

Species

According to Kew:[1]

  • Majovskya algoviensis (N.Mey.) Sennikov & Kurtto
  • Majovskya ambigua (Michalet ex Decne.) Sennikov & Kurtto
  • Majovskya haljamovae (Bernátová & Májovský) Sennikov & Kurtto
  • Majovskya sudetica (Tausch) Sennikov & Kurtto
  • Majovskya zuzanae (Májovský & Bernátová) Sennikov & Kurtto

The type species is Majovskya sudetica

References
  1. "Majovskya Sennikov & Kurtto | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  2. Sennikov, A. N.; Kurtto, A. (2017). "A phylogenetic checklist of Sorbus s.l. (Rosaceae) in Europe". Memoranda Societatis Pro Fauna et Flora Fennica. 93: 1–78.
  3. Mezhenskyj, Volodymyr (May 2020). "Collecting sorboid plants for their horticultural merit and use in breeding work in Ukraine". Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  4. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  5. "Genus ×Majovskya Sennikov & Kurtto". Retrieved 16 July 2022.
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