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Amelanchier ×neglecta

Scientific Name: Amelanchier ×neglecta

Family: Rosaceae

Category: Dicot

Growth: Tree

Duration: Perennial

Other Names:

       

Amelanchier neglecta: The Overlooked Serviceberry

Amelanchier neglecta, commonly known as overlooked serviceberry or neglected serviceberry, is a species (specifically a hybrid) within the genus Amelanchier. This page provides information on its taxonomy, distribution, and other relevant details.

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

  • Scientific Name: Amelanchier neglecta Egglest. ex G.N. Jones (pro sp.)
  • Common Names: Overlooked Serviceberry, Neglected Serviceberry
  • Family: Rosaceae (Rose family)
  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Synonyms and Related Names:
    • Amelanchier X neglecta Eggl. ex G.N. Jones (pro sp.)
    • Amelanchier bartramiana x Amelanchier laevis (hybrid origin)
    • Amelanchier x quinti-martii Louis-Marie
    • Amelanchier asiatica (Siebold & Zucc.) Wenz. (listed in some contexts, but likely a separate species)
  • Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 25116 (for Amelanchier X neglecta)

Distribution and Habitat

  • National Distribution: Canada
  • Origin: Unknown/Undetermined
  • Regularity: Regularly occurring
  • Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
  • Confidence: Confident

Morphological Characteristics and Growth Habits

  • It can grow to the size of a small tree.
  • It exhibits a suckering habit.

Ecological Role

  • Introduced - naturalized.

Hybrid Origin

  • Amelanchier neglecta is a hybrid derived from Amelanchier bartramiana and Amelanchier laevis.

Further Information

  • Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS): Provides taxonomic information.
  • World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World in the Catalogue of Life.
  • Discover Life: Offers information on biology, natural history, ecology, identification, and distribution.
  • British Database of World Flora and Fauna: Provides taxonomic information.
  • NCBI Databases: Contains literature references.
  • University of Guelph Arboretum, Canada.