Micromeles japonica(Decne.) Koehne

WFO wfo-0000991183 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 4 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 4 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Micromeles japonica, photographed by harum.koh
fig. a harum.koh, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2019-08-01 / obs. 46878472
Micromeles japonica, photographed by harum.koh
fig. b harum.koh, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 1878057
Micromeles japonica, photographed by harum.koh
fig. c harum.koh, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 1746671
Micromeles japonica, photographed by harum.koh
fig. d harum.koh, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 1552514
Micromeles japonica, photographed by harum.koh
fig. e harum.koh, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 46878480
Micromeles japonica, photographed by harum.koh
fig. f harum.koh, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 1878051
Micromeles japonica, photographed by harum.koh
fig. g harum.koh, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 1746672
Micromeles japonica, photographed by harum.koh
fig. h harum.koh, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 46878464

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Native range 2 botanical countries

Regions where Micromeles japonica is native: China North-Central, Japan China North-CentralJapan
Native distribution of Micromeles japonica, 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
China North-Central CHN ASIA-TEMPERATE
Japan JAP

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 16 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.

  • Alniaria japonica (Siebold) Rushforth
  • Aria alnifolia f. lobulata (Koidz.) Yonek.
  • Aria japonica Decne.
  • Aria japonica f. denudata (Nakai) Yonek.
  • Hahnia aria unranked japonica (Dieck) Dippel
  • Micromeles alnifolia var. lobulata Koidz.
  • Pyrus commutata Cardot
  • Pyrus morrisiana M.F.Fay & Christenh.
  • Sorbus alnifolia f. lobulata (Koidz.) A.I.Baranov
  • Sorbus alnifolia var. angulata S.B.Liang
  • Sorbus alnifolia var. lobulata (Koidz.) Rehder
  • Sorbus japonica (Decne.) Hedl.
  • Sorbus japonica Siebold
  • Sorbus japonica f. denudata (Nakai) Hiyama
  • Sorbus japonica var. denudata Nakai
  • Sorbus speciosa unranked japonica Dieck

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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