''Sorbus maderensis'', a rowan, is a species of

plant Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclu ...

in the family Rosaceae. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...

to Madeira. It is threatened by

habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby ...

Etymology

''Sorbus'' is the

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

name for the fruit of the service tree. ''Maderensis'' means 'from Madeira'.Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. (hardback), (paperback). pp 247, 356

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* Endemic flora of Madeira maderensis Critically endangered plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{sorbus-stub