Cormus domestica(L.) Spach

WFO wfo-0001003501 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Cormus domestica, photographed by Marc Riera
fig. a Marc Riera, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-23 / obs. 199963197
Cormus domestica, photographed by Marc Riera
fig. b Marc Riera, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199172569
Cormus domestica, photographed by coenobita
fig. c coenobita, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186502385
Cormus domestica, photographed by Patrick Hacker
fig. d Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163668792
Cormus domestica, photographed by Pavel Kacl
fig. e Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 160497292
Cormus domestica, photographed by Josep Gesti
fig. f Josep Gesti, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 128644511
Cormus domestica, photographed by Ben Costamagna
fig. g Ben Costamagna, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 98508409
Cormus domestica, photographed by Yves Bas
fig. h Yves Bas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 93254140

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Native range 20 botanical countries

Regions where Cormus domestica is native: Algeria, Morocco, North Caucasus, Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Romania, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland AlgeriaMoroccoNorth CaucasusAlbaniaAustriaBelgiumBulgariaCorseCzechia-SlovakiaFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryItalyKrymNW. Balkan Pen.RomaniaSiciliaSpainSwitzerland
Native distribution of Cormus domestica, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Belgium BGM
Bulgaria BUL
Corse COR
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
France FRA
Germany GER
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Krym KRY
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Romania ROM
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Switzerland SWI
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Morocco MOR
North Caucasus NCS ASIA-TEMPERATE

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 42 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Cormus domestica var. aucubifolia Lavallée
  • Cormus domestica var. maliformis Lavallée
  • Cormus domestica var. microcarpa Lavallée
  • Cormus domestica var. monstrosa Lavallée
  • Cormus domestica var. paradisiaca Lavallée
  • Cormus domestica var. piriformis Lavallée
  • Cormus domestica var. pusilla Lavallée
  • Cormus domestica var. upsaliensis Lavallée
  • Crataegus austera Salisb.
  • Malus sorbus (Gaertn.) Borkh.
  • Malus sorbus Borkh.
  • Mespilus domestica (L.) All.
  • Prunus sorbus (Gaertn.) P.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.
  • Pyrenia sorbus (Gaertn.) Clairv.
  • Pyrus domestica (L.) Ehrh.
  • Pyrus domestica unranked piriformis Kirchn. & J.Eichler
  • Pyrus domestica unranked syrmiensis (Kit.) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Pyrus sorbus Gaertn.
  • Pyrus sorbus Borkh.
  • Pyrus sorbus var. maliformis (Lodd.) Loudon
  • Pyrus sorbus var. pyriformis (Lodd.) Loudon
  • Sorbus domestica L.
  • Sorbus domestica f. maliformis (Lodd.) Gams
  • Sorbus domestica f. piriformis (Kirchn. & J.Eichler) Gams

and 18 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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