Pyrus calleryana

Flowers

Fruit

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rosales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Rosales

Familia: Rosaceae
Subfamilia: Amygdaloideae
Tribus: Maleae
Subtribus: Malinae
Genus: Pyrus
Sectio: P. sect. Pashia
Species: Pyrus calleryana
Varietas: P. c. var. calleryana – P. c. var. fauriei – P. c. var. integrifolia – P. c. var. koehnei – P. c. var. lanceata

Name

Pyrus calleryana Decne., Jard. Fruit. 1: 329 (1871).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Pyrus dimorphophylla Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 22: 65 (1908).
  • Pyrus kawakamii Hayata, J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 30(1): 99 (1911).
  • Pyrus mairei H.Lév., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 189 (1913).
  • Pyrus tsiukyoensis Koidz., Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 39: 27 (1925).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate China China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast. Eastern Asia Japan, Taiwan. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Pakistan. Indo-China Vietnam. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Additional references

• Vidal, J.E. 1968. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viêt-Nam 6: 1-210. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. Reference page. 
• Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) 2001. Flora of Japan IIb: Angiospermae, Dicotyledoneae, Archichlamydeae (b). xiii + 321 pp. Kodansha, Tokyo.ISBN 4-06-154605-8 Reference page. 
• Cuizhi, G. & Spongberg, S.A. 2003. Pyrus calleryana. Pp. 178 in Wu, Zh.Y. , Raven, P.H. & Hong, D.-Y. (eds.), Flora of China. Volume 9: Pittosporaceae through Connaraceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 1-930723-14-8. efloras Reference page. 
• Islam, M., Ahmad, H., Ali, H. & Alam, J. 2016. New records of the genus Pyrus (Rosaceae) from Pakistan and Azad Kashmir. Iranian Journal of Botany 22(2): 82–87. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2021. Pyrus calleryana. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 March 23. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Pyrus calleryana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 March 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Pyrus calleryana. Published online. Accessed: 23 March 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Callery Pear
suomi: Kiinanpäärynä
français: Poirier de Chine
日本語: マメナシ、イヌナシ
svenska: Litet kinapäron

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