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Taxon:  Pyrus syriaca Boiss.



Summary
Genus:
Pyrus
Section:
Pyrus
Family:
Rosaceae
Subfamily:
Amygdaloideae
Tribe:
Maleae
Subtribe:
Malinae
Nomen number:
30600
Place of publication:
Diagn. pl. orient. ser. 1, 10:1. 1849
Verified:
07/14/2011 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
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Reference(s)
  1. Al Maarri, K. et al. 2007. Selections of Pyrus syriaca as promising rootstocks for pear cultivars. Acta Hort. 732:217-220.
  2. Browicz, K. 1972. Distribution of woody Rosaceae in westernAsia X. Pyrus syriaca Boiss. and P. glabra Boiss. Arbor. Kórnickie 17:19.
  3. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
  4. Fischer, M. 2009. Pear breeding. Breeding plantation tree crops: temperate species 135-160.
  5. Goldway, M. et al. 2008. Understanding the gametophytic self-incompatibility system and its impact on European pear (Pyrus communis) cultivation. Acta Hort. 800:109-118. Note: Pyrus syriaca as "universal pollenizer"
  6. Hancock, J. F. & G. A. Lobos. 2008. Pears. Temperate fruit crop breeding: germplasm to genomics 10:299-335.
  7. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
  8. 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. Note: this study did not include Pyrus syriaca, but their analysis of 21 species showed three geographical congruent genotypes, genotype C included "Occidental pears native to Europe, West and Central Asia, Russia, and Africa"
  9. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
  10. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  11. Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica.
  12. Seemüller, E. et al. 2009. Pear decline resistance in progenies of Pyrus taxa used as rootstocks. Eur. J. Pl. Pathol. 123:217-223.
  13. Sharifani, M. et al. 2008. Mutations in chloroplast DNA revealed relations and discriminations in genus Pyrus. Acta Hort. 800:355-364.
  14. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
  15. Tuz, A. S. 1972. K voprosu klassifikatsii roda Pyrus L. (Up-to-date systematics of the genus Pyrus L.). Trudy Prikl. Bot. 46(2):85.
  16. Zisovich, A. H. et al. 2010. Syrian pear (Pyrus syriaca) as a pollinator for European pear (Pyrus communis) cultivars. Sci. Hort. 125:256-262.
  17. Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966-. Flora palaestina.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia s.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran w.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq n.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria w.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Iran (w.), Iraq (n.), Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria (w.), Turkey
  • CAUCASUS: Armenia (s.)
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=30600. Accessed 20 May 2025.