Sorbus esserteauana Sorbus esserteauana Sorbus esserteauana, commonly known as Esserteau's rowan, is a species of rowan. It is a small tree, typically tall growing in mountain thickets and cliffs. It is an endemic species to China, being only found in western Sichuan. It has small white flowers and small red berries that are actually a pome fruit. Unlike all other species of "Sorbus", the fruit are hard and inedible to humans, but they are eaten by birds that scatter the seeds. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in gardens and parks for its decorative fruit and because it attracts birds. When
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