GENUS CODE: ARONI2 GENUS SCIENTIFIC:Aronia GENUS AUTHORITY: Medik. GENUS COMMON: GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of 3 species, of e. North America (south into Central America). In North American floristic literature, Aronia has sometimes been treated as a component of Pyrus, Sorbus, or Photinia (see synonymy below). Robertson et al. (1991) have included Aronia in Photinia. Kalkman in Kubitzki (2004) agrees that Aronia and Photinia should be combined, but points out that Aronia is the older name and therefore must be used for the combined genus. Guo et al. (2011) and Lo & Donoghue (2012) separate Photinia, Aronia, and Pourthiaea at generic rank, a decision followed here; while Aronia and Pourthiaea are closely related (sister), Photinia is not closely related to either and is sister to Pyracantha (Lo & Donoghue 2012). GENUS IDENTIFICATION: Identification notes: All our species of Aronia can be distinguished from other shrubs in our flora by the presence of several dark (usually purplish-black) glandular trichomes on the upper surface of the midrib, mostly toward the base of the leaf. GENUS REFERENCES: Guo et al. (2011)=V; Pankhurst in FNA (2014); Hardin (1973)=Y; Robertson (1974)=Z; Lo & Donoghue (2012); Robertson et al. 1991=X; Kalkman in Kubitzki (2004).
FAMILY INDEX
FAMILY CODE: ROSACE FAMILY SCIENTIFIC:Rosaceae FAMILY AUTHORITY: A.L. de Jussieu 1789 FAMILY COMMON: Rose Family FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 85-95 genera and 2000-3000 species, trees, shrubs, and herbs, nearly cosmopolitan, but mainly boreal and temperate. FAMILY REFERENCE: Phipps in FNA (2014); Potter et al. (2007); Eriksson et al. (2003); Kalkman in Kubitzki (2004); Ertter (2007).
NCBG DESCRIPTIVES
INTRO: STEMS: LEAVES: INFLORESCENCE: FLOWERS: White blooms. FRUITS: COMMENTS: HEIGHT: up to 12 ft. DURATION:
Perennial
HABIT:
Shrub
LEAF ARRANGEMENT: LEAF COMPLEXITY: LEAF RETENTION: FLORAL CHARACTERISTICS
SYMMETRY:
BLOOM TIME: March-May
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BLOOM COLOR: white
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FRUITING PERIOD: Sept.-Nov. DISTRIBUTION
HABITAT TYPE: Bogs/pocosins
NATIVE RANGE: eastern North America HORTICULTURAL
Plant Sale Text: Red chokeberry is an easy to grow native shrub with nearly year-round interest. It produces white flowers in terminal cymes in April, followed by small berry-like red fruits (pomes) that often persist into the winter. The leaves of Aronia arbutifolia turn various shades of red in the fall. Its habit is somewhat open and rounded. In nature this species is found growing in bogs, savannahs and low woods. Tolerant of a variety of soil types and drier sites once established.
This information is derived from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2016 National Wetland Plant List, Version 3.3 (Lichvar, R.W., D.L. Banks, W.N. Kirchner, and N.C. Melvin. 2016. The National Wetland Plant List: 2016 wetland ratings. Phytoneuron 2016-30: 1-17. Published 28 April 2016. ISSN 2153 733X). Regions: AGCP-Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain, AK-Alaska, AW-Arid West, CB-Caribbean, EMP-Eastern Mountains and Piedmont, GP-Great Plains, HI-Hawaii, MW-Midwest, NCNE-Northcentral and Northeast, WMCV-Western Mountains, Valleys & Coast
WEAKLEY FLORA
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Aronia arbutifolia
COMMON NAME: Red Chokeberry
SYNONYMY: [= C, FNA, G, GW, S, V, Va, W; = Pyrus arbutifolia (Linnaeus) Linnaeus f. - F, Z; = Photinia pyrifolia (Lamarck) K. Robertson & J.B. Phipps - K, Pa, WH3, WV, X; = Sorbus arbutifolia (Linnaeus) Heynhold var. arbutifolia - RAB]
PHENOLOGY: Mar-May; Sep-Nov.
HABITAT: Bogs, pocosins, wet savannas, swamps, other wet habitats.
COMMENTS: NL (Newfoundland) south to c. peninsular FL and west to TX, mainly in the Coastal Plain, but extending inland in the south to WV and KY.
RANGE MAP:
Key to Map SymbolsABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora) Rosaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 (Rose Family) SUMMARY: A family of about 85-95 genera and 2000-3000 species, trees, shrubs, and herbs, nearly cosmopolitan, but mainly boreal and temperate. REFERENCE: Phipps in FNA (2014); Potter et al. (2007); Eriksson et al. (2003); Kalkman in Kubitzki (2004); Ertter (2007).ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora) Aronia Medik. () SUMMARY: A genus of 3 species, of e. North America (south into Central America). In North American floristic literature, Aronia has sometimes been treated as a component of Pyrus, Sorbus, or Photinia (see synonymy below). Robertson et al. (1991) have included Aronia in Photinia. Kalkman in Kubitzki (2004) agrees that Aronia and Photinia should be combined, but points out that Aronia is the older name and therefore must be used for the combined genus. Guo et al. (2011) and Lo & Donoghue (2012) separate Photinia, Aronia, and Pourthiaea at generic rank, a decision followed here; while Aronia and Pourthiaea are closely related (sister), Photinia is not closely related to either and is sister to Pyracantha (Lo & Donoghue 2012). REFERENCE: Guo et al. (2011)=V; Pankhurst in FNA (2014); Hardin (1973)=Y; Robertson (1974)=Z; Lo & Donoghue (2012); Robertson et al. 1991=X; Kalkman in Kubitzki (2004).
HERBARIUM RESOURCES
SERNEC: Find Aronia arbutifolia in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available) UNC SERNEC: Find Aronia arbutifolia in
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)