Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 477 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 213 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1972), Flora of the Sydney Region Edn. 2: 262 [secondary reference]

Medikus, F.K. (1979), Philos. Bot. 1 (1789) 138 according to Index Nom. Genericorum 3: 1632 [secondary reference]

• Type: Sorbus domestica L.

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 576 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 188 [secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. & Rodd, A.N. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Malaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 545 [secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. & Rodd, A.N. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Malaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 545 [secondary reference]

Kalkman, C. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2004), Rosaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 6: 375-376 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: SA (doubtfully naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (doubtfully naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 807-808 [secondary reference]

Sennikov, A. (2014), (2329) Proposal to conserve the name Sorbus (Rosaceae) with a conserved type. Taxon 63(5): 1139 [secondary reference]

• Text: "(2329) Sorbus L., Sp. Pl.: 477. 1 Mai 1753, nom. cons. prop. Typus: Sorbus aucuparia L., typ. cons. prop."

Applequist, W.L. (1 March 2016), Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Vascular Plants: 67. Taxon 65(1): 176 [secondary reference]

• Text: "(2329) To conserve Sorbus L. (Rosaceae) with a conserved type... Votes: 16-1-1 (recommended)."

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