Pyrus salicifolia Pall. GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Pyrus

Section:

Pyrus

Family:

Rosaceae

Subfamily:

Amygdaloideae

Tribe:

Maleae

Subtribe:

Malinae

Nomen number:

30576

Place of publication:

Reise russ. Reich. 3:734. 1776

Protologue link:

http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?PPN33004978X

Comment:

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Verified:

02/28/2019 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Autonym(s)

Pyrus salicifolia Pall. f. salicifolia
Pyrus salicifolia Pall. var. salicifolia

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Pyrus salicifolia Pall. f. pendula (H. Jaeger) Geerinck
Pyrus salicifolia Pall. var. pendula H. Jaeger

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Reference(s)

Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
Ahmed, M. et al. 2010. Evaluation of genetic diversity in Pyrus germplasm native to Azad Jammu and Kashmir (northern Pakistan) revealed by microsatellite markers. African J. Biotech. 9:9323-8333. Note: this study used the ornamental Pyrus salicifolia as a reference species
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
Challice, J. S. & M. N. Westwood. 1973. Numerical taxonomic studies of the genus Pyrus using both chemical and botanical characters. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 67:123.
Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage
Fischer, M. 2007. New pear rootstocks from Dresden-Pillnitz. Acta Hort. 732:239-245.
Hancock, J. F. & G. A. Lobos. 2008. Pears. Temperate fruit crop breeding: germplasm to genomics 10:299-335. Note: this review cited Pyrus salicifolia as being grown as ornamental
Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Katayama, H. et al. 2012. Phylogenetic utility of structural alterations found in the chloroplast genome of pear: hypervariable regions in a highly conserved genome. Tree Genet. Genomes 8:313-326.
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Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
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Pyrus Crop Germplasm Committee. 2004. Pyrus Crop Germplasm Committee report and genetic vulnerability statement. Crop Germplasm Committee reports. National Plant Germplasm System, USDA-ARS. 1-31.
Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica.
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Tuz, A. S. 1972. K voprosu klassifikatsii roda Pyrus L. (Up-to-date systematics of the genus Pyrus L.). Trudy Prikl. Bot. 46(2):87.
Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.

Common names

English
willow-leaf pear –
French
poirier à feuilles de saule –
German
Weiden-Birne –
weidenblättrige Birne –
Swedish
silverpäron –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	Note
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Armenia
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Azerbaijan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Iran	n.w.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Turkey	n.e.
2	Cultivated				also cult.

Native
Asia-Temperate

WESTERN ASIA: Iran (n.w.), Turkey (n.e.)
CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan

Cultivated (also cult.)

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental		Hancock, J. F. & G. A. Lobos. 2008. Pears. Temperate fruit crop breeding: germplasm to genomics 10:299-335. Note: this review cited Pyrus salicifolia as being grown as ornamental

Taxon: Pyrus salicifolia Pall.