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Taxon:  Pyrus spinosa Forssk.



Summary
Genus:
Pyrus
Section:
Pyrus
Family:
Rosaceae
Subfamily:
Amygdaloideae
Tribe:
Maleae
Subtribe:
Malinae
Nomen number:
448614
Place of publication:
Fl. aegypt.-arab. 211. 1775
Comment:
valid publication verified from original literature
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
Autonym(s)
Pyrus spinosa Forssk. var. spinosa

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
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Reference(s)
  1. Castroviejo, S. et al., eds. 1989-. Flora iberica: plantas vasculares de la Peninsula Iberica e Islas Baleares.
  2. Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
  3. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  4. Fischer, M. 2007. New pear rootstocks from Dresden-Pillnitz. Acta Hort. 732:239-245. Note: as Pyrus sinaica
  5. Fischer, M. 2009. Pear breeding. Breeding plantation tree crops: temperate species 135-160. Note: cited Pyrus spinosa, and its synonym P. sinaica as an accepted name
  6. Hancock, J. F. & G. A. Lobos. 2008. Pears. Temperate fruit crop breeding: germplasm to genomics 10:299-335. Note: as Pyrus amygdaliformis
  7. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
  8. Hepper, F. N. & I. Friis. 1994. The plants of Pehr Forsskal's Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica. Note: Pyrus spinosa sensu Forssk. = P. amygdaliformis Vill.
  9. 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: = Pyrus amygdaliformis
  10. Robert, P. & T. Raimbault. 2005. Resistance of some Pyrus communis cultivars and some Pyrus hybrids to the pear psylla (Cacopsylla pyri (Homoptera, Psyllidae). Acta Hort. 671:571-575. Note: mentions natural hybrids between Pyrus spinosa and P. communis
  11. Seemüller, E. et al. 1998. Pear decline resistance in Pyrus communis rootstocks and progenies of wild and ornamental Pyrus taxa. Acta Hort. 472:681-691. Note: as Pyrus amygdaliformis
  12. Seemüller, E. et al. 2009. Pear decline resistance in progenies of Pyrus taxa used as rootstocks. Eur. J. Pl. Pathol. 123:217-223. Note: as Pyrus amygdaliformis
  13. Voltas, J. et al. 2007. Phenotypic diversity and delimitation between wild and cultivated forms of the genus Pyrus in North-eastern Spain based on morphometric analyses. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 54:1473-1487.
  14. Westwood, M. N. & H. O. Bjornstad. 1971. Some fruit characteristics of interspecific hybrids and extent of self-sterility in Pyrus. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 98:22-24. Note: as Pyrus persica
Common names
English
almond-leaf pear –
French
poirier aux feuilles d'amande –
German
mandelblättriger Birnebaum –
pfirsichblättrige Birne –
Italian
pero amigdaliforme –
Spanish
peral amigdaliforme –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey w.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece incl. Crete
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. Sardinia, Sicily
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeMontenegro  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeNorth Macedonia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSerbia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSlovenia  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance incl. Corsica
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain n.e.
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Turkey (w.)
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece (incl. Crete), Croatia, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (n.e.), France (incl. Corsica)
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=448614. Accessed 20 May 2025.