Pyrus caucasica Fed. GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Pyrus

Section:

Pyrus

Family:

Rosaceae

Subfamily:

Amygdaloideae

Tribe:

Maleae

Subtribe:

Malinae

Nomen number:

313574

Place of publication:

A. A. Grossheim, Fl. Kavkaza, ed. 2, 5:21, 421. 1952

Comment:

name applied to wild & naturalized pears in Caucasus, Turkey, & Greece

Verified:

07/05/2011 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)

Aldasoro, J. J. et al. 1996. The genus Pyrus L. (Rosaceae) in south-west Europe and North Africa. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 121:155. Note: = Pyrus communis L.
Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR) Cambridge University Press.
Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
Fischer, M. 2009. Pear breeding. Breeding plantation tree crops: temperate species 135-160. Note: mentions
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Tuz, A. S. 1972. K voprosu klassifikatsii roda Pyrus L. (Up-to-date systematics of the genus Pyrus L.). Trudy Prikl. Bot. 46(2):83.
Westwood, M. N. 1985. pers. comm. Note: = Pyrus communis var. caucasica, a nonexistent name
Yamamoto, T. & E. Chevreau. 2009. Pear genomics. Genetics and genomics of Rosaceae 163-186.

Common names

Distribution

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=313574. Accessed 29 April 2025.

Taxon: Pyrus caucasica Fed.

Synonym of Pyrus communis L. subsp. caucasica (Fed.) Browicz