Characteristics
Dicots
Pyrus communis L.
COMMON PEAR
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Not Native
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Citation
PYRUS COMMUNIS Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 479. 1753.
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Without data (lectotype: LINN 647.1). Lectotypified by Amaral Franco & Rocha Alfonso, Rev. Fac. Ci. Univ. Lisboa, Sér. 2, C, Ci. Nat. 13: 177. 1965.
Species Distribution Map
Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.
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Brevard
USF
Gulf
FSU
Leon
FSU
Madison
USF
Taylor
FSU
Synonyms
Synonym
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Basionym
Type
Pyrus achras
Pyrus achras Gaertner, Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 44. 1791.
Pyrus communis var. achras
Pyrus communis Linnaeus, var. achras (Gaertner) Wallroth, Sched. Crit. 1: 213. 1822.
BASIONYM: Pyrus achras Gaertner 1791.
Pyrus communis var. pyraster
Pyrus communis Linnaeus, var. pyraster Wallroth, Sched. Crit. 1: 213. 1822, non Linnnaeus 1753.
Pyrus communis var. pyraster
Pyrus communis Linnaeus, var. pyraster Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 479. 1753.
Pyrus communis var. sylvestris
Pyrus communis Linnaeus, var. sylvestris de Candolle, in de Candolle & Lamarck, Fl. Franc. 4: 430. 1815, nom. inadmiss.
BASIONYM: Pyrus communis Linnaeus 1753.
Pyrus communis var. volema
Pyrus communis Linnaeus, var. volema Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 479. 1753.
TYPE: Without data (lectotype: Bauhin & Cherler, Hist. Pl. 1: "Pyra dorsalia eademque Libralia dicta". 1650). Lectotypified by Aldasoro & Aedo, in Cafferty & C. E. Jarvis, Taxon 51: 543. 2002.
Pyrus pyraster
Pyrus pyraster (Linnaeus) Borkhausen, Theor. Prakt. Handb. Forstbot. 2: 1287. 1803.
BASIONYM: Pyrus communis Linnaeus, var. pyraster Linnaeus 1753.
Pyrus sylvestris
Pyrus sylvestris Moench, Methodus 679. 1794, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Pyrus communis Linnaeus 1753.
Sorbus pyrus
Sorbus pyrus Crantz, Stirp. Austr. Fasc. 2: 56. 1763, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Pyrus communis Linnaeus 1753.
Specimens and Distribution
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