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The '''rowans''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|aʊ|ə|n|z}} {{respell|ROW|ənz}} or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|oʊ|ə|n|z}} {{respell|ROH|ənz}})<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/rowan |title=rowan noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes &#124; Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary at |publisher=Oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com |access-date=2020-08-26}}</ref> or '''mountain-ashes''' are shrubs or trees in the genus ''[[Sorbus]]'' of the rose family, [[Rosaceae]]. They are native throughout the cool temperate regions of the [[Northern Hemisphere]], with the highest species diversity in the [[Himalaya]], southern [[Tibet]] and parts of western China, where numerous [[apomictic]] microspecies occur.<ref name="Rushforth-1999">Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Britain and Europe''. Collins {{ISBN|0-00-220013-9}}.</ref> The name ''rowan'' was originally applied to the species ''[[Sorbus aucuparia]]'' and is also used for other species in the genus ''Sorbus''.<ref>McAllister, H.A. 2005. ''The genus Sorbus: Mountain Ash and other Rowans ''. Kew Publishing.</ref>

The '''rowans''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|aʊ|ə|n|z}} {{respell|ROW|ənz}} or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|oʊ|ə|n|z}} {{respell|ROH|ənz}})<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/rowan |title=rowan noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes &#124; Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary at |publisher=Oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com |access-date=2020-08-26}}</ref> or '''mountain-ashes''' are shrubs or trees in the genus ''[[Sorbus]]'' of the rose family, [[Rosaceae]]. They are native throughout the cool temperate regions of the [[Northern Hemisphere]], with the highest species diversity in the [[Himalaya]], southern [[Tibet]] and parts of western China, where numerous [[apomictic]] microspecies occur.<ref name="Rushforth-1999">Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Britain and Europe''. Collins {{ISBN|0-00-220013-9}}.</ref> The name ''rowan'' was originally applied to the species ''[[Sorbus aucuparia]]'' and is also used for other species in the genus ''Sorbus''.<ref>McAllister, H.A. 2005. ''The genus Sorbus: Mountain Ash and other Rowans ''. Kew Publishing.</ref> Multi Rowans are called as multirowanasis they undertake sexual activities with papaw and jak plants by climbing to them at necessary times

Natural hybrids, often including ''S.&nbsp;aucuparia'' and the whitebeam, ''[[Aria edulis]]'' (syn. ''[[Sorbus aria]]''),<ref>{{cite web |title=Sorbus aria (L.) Crantz {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:741629-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}}</ref> give rise to many [[endemic]] variants in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/Botanic/Plant.aspx?p=27&ix=65&pid |title=Cambridge Botanic Garden: the Genus Sorbus |publisher=Botanic.cam.ac.uk |access-date=2018-07-12}}</ref>

Natural hybrids, often including ''S.&nbsp;aucuparia'' and the whitebeam, ''[[Aria edulis]]'' (syn. ''[[Sorbus aria]]''),<ref>{{cite web |title=Sorbus aria (L.) Crantz {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:741629-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}}</ref> give rise to many [[endemic]] variants in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/Botanic/Plant.aspx?p=27&ix=65&pid |title=Cambridge Botanic Garden: the Genus Sorbus |publisher=Botanic.cam.ac.uk |access-date=2018-07-12}}</ref>