Sorbus vilmorinii (mountain slopes, roadsides, mixed forests along river banks, grasslands, bamboo thickets). "Sorbus vilmorinii" was described based on a specimen in cultivation that was an apomictic microspecies. However, almost indistinguishable specimens are diploid and frequent in the wild. Also hybrids are common in the wild. In cultivation, this plant provides a long season of interest as an elegant, compact tree which can be grown in smaller gardens. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Like all rowans the fruit can be cooked and used to make bitter jellies or marmalades. Sorbus vilmorinii Sorbus vilmorinii, the Vilmorin's rowan
Sorbus randaiensis Sorbus randaiensis Sorbus randaiensis is a deciduous tree of family Rosaceae. It is an endemic species in Taiwan and can be found in the mountain areas of middle Taiwan, with altitude 1,800m to 3,200m, mostly spotted in the forest of Xueshan, Hehuan Mountain, , and Nenggao Mountain. It is a tree 3–8 m tall with white flowers and reddish fruit. Koidz., The Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo, Japan 34(2): 52. 1913. (J. Coll. Sci. Univ. Tokyo) Its species epithet "randaiensis" implies that the first type specimen was collected at Randaien Mountain, and to some degree