Pyrus spinosa

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Pyrus spinosa is listed as Least Concern.

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. Pyrus
Species: Pyrus spinosa

Name

Pyrus spinosa Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 211 (1775).

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Pyrus persica Pers., Syn. Pl. 2: 40 (1806).
  - Pyrus amygdaliformis var. persica (Pers.) Bornm., Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 60: 110 (1910).
- Pyrus amygdaliformis Vill., Cat. Jard. Pl. Strasbourg: 323 (1807).
  - Pyrus salicifolia var. amygdaliformis (Vill.) Griseb., Spic. Fl. Rumel. 1: 92 (1843).
  - Crataegus amygdaliformis (Vill.) Chalon, Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 7: 174 (1868).
  - Pyrus parviflora amygdaliformis (Vill.) Decne., Jard. Fruit. 1: t. 13 (1871).
  - Pyrus parviflora var. amygdaliformis (Vill.) Decne., Jard. Fruit. 1: 314, 315 (1872).
  - Pyrus communis var. amygdaliformis (Vill.) Fiori in A.Fiori & al., Fl. Anal. Italia 1: 599 (1898).
  - Pyrus communis subsp. amygdaliformis (Vill.) Braun-Blanq., Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 21: 35 (1919).
- Pyrus parviflora Desf., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 12: 52 (1808).
  - Pyrus salicifolia var. parviflora (Desf.) Griseb., Spic. Fl. Rumel. 1: 92 (1843).
  - Pyrus amygdaliformis subvar. parviflora (Desf.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur. 2: 241 (1879).
  - Pyrus amygdaliformis var. parviflora (Desf.) Hayek, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 30(1): 750 (1927).
- Pyrus sinai Desf., Hist. Arb. France 2: 144 (1809).
- Pyrus pyraina R., Specchio Sci. 2: 173 (1814).
  - Pyrus parviflora pyraina (Raf.) Decne., Jard. Fruit. 1: 314 (1871).
- Pyrus sinaica Thouin, Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 1: 170 (1815).
- Pyrus sinaica Dum.Cours., Bot. Cult. ed. II. 5: 435 (1815).
  - Pyrus amygdaliformis var. sinaica (Dum.Cours.) Diap., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 34: 40 (1933).
  - Pyrus spinosa var. sinaica (Dum.Cours.) Dostálek, Preslia 51: 32 (1979).
- Pyrus cuneifolia Guss., Pl. Rar.: 202 (1826).
  - Pyrus parviflora var. cuneifolia (Guss.) Decne., Jard. Fruit. 1: 314 (1871).
  - Pyrus amygdaliformis var. cuneifolia (Guss.) Bean, Trees Shrubs Brit. Isl. 2: 273, (1914).
- Pyrus sicula Tineo, Cat. Pl. Hort. Panorm.: 208 (1827).
- Pyrus amygdaloides Link, Handbuch 2: 80 (1829).
- Pyrus nivalis Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 18: t. 1484 (1832), nom. illeg. non Jacq. 1774.
- Pyrus eriopleura Rchb., Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2: 630 (1832).
  - Pyrus amygdaliformis var. eriopleura (Rchb.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 241 (1879).
- Malus heterophylla Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. 2: 138 (1834).
  - Pyrus heterophylla (Spach) Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 423 (1841), nom. illeg.
  - Pyrus amygdaliformis var. heterophylla (Spach) Dippel, Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 363 (1893).
- Pyrus oblongifolia Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. 2: 128 (1834).
  - Pyrus amygdaliformis var. oblongifolia (Spach) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 241 (1879).
  - Pyrus amygdaliformis var. oblongifolia (Spach) Bean, Trees Shrubs Brit. Isl. 2: 273 (1914), nom. illeg.
  - Pyrus spinosa var. oblongifolia (Spach) Dostálek, Preslia 51: 32 (1979).
- Pyrus parviflora var. brachyclada Decne., Jard. Fruit. 1: 314 (1871).
- Pyrus parviflora var. lobata Decne., Jard. Fruit. 1: 314 (1871).
  - Pyrus amygdaliformis var. lobata (Decne.) Koehne, Dendrologie 1: 244 (1893).
  - Pyrus spinosa f. lobata (Decne.) Dostálek, Preslia 51: 33 (1979).
- Pyrus tinei Todaro ex Decne., Jard. Fruit. 1: sub t. 1 (1871).
- Pyrus parviflora var. microphylla Decne., Jard. Fruit. 1: 314 (1871).
  - Pyrus amygdaliformis var. microphylla (Decne.) Diap., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 34: 40 (1933).
  - Pyrus spinosa var. microphylla (Decne.) Browicz, Arbor. Kórnickie 22: 313 (1977).
  - Pyrus spinosa var. microphylla (Decne.) Dostálek, Preslia 51(1): 32 (1979), nom. illeg.
- Pyrus amygdaliformis var. verrucosa N.Terracc., Atti Real Ist. Incoragg. Sci. Nat. Napoli 4(3): 2 (1885).
- Pyrus cuneifolia var. rotundata N.Terracc., Atti Real Ist. Incoragg. Sci. Nat. Napoli 4(3): 3 (1885).
- Pyrus amygdaliformis var. triloba Bornm., Bot. Centralbl. 36: 59 (1888).
  - Pyrus amygdaliformis f. triloba (Bornm.) Diap., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 34: 40 (1933).
- Pyrus amygdaliformis castrovillarensis N.Terracc., Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 4: 106 (1891).
- Pyrus amygdaliformis crassipes N.Terracc., Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 4: 106 (1891).
- Pyrus amygdaliformis inaequalis N.Terracc., Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 4: 106 (1891).
- Pyrus amygdaliformis latifolius N.Terracc., Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 4: 106 (1891).
- Pyrus collivaga Velen., Fl. Bulg. 1. Suppl. 97, 1898, nom. inval., nom. prov.
- Pyrus amygdaliformis var. cuneifolia Diap., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 34: 40 (1933), nom. illeg. non (Guss.) Bean, Trees Shrubs Brit. Isl. 2: 273, (1914).
  - Pyrus spinosa var. diapulidis Dostálek, Preslia 51: 32 (1979), nom. nov.
- Pyrus amygdaliformis var. lanceolata Diap., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 34: 41 (1933).
Misapplied names
- Pyrus amygdaliformis f. triloba (Bornm.) Diap., Feddes Repert. 34: 40 (1933) (= Pyrus elaeagrifolia)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Europe
- Southwestern Europe
  - Corse, France, Sardegna, Spain.
- Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia (Malta, Sicily), Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia (Bosnia-Hercegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia).
Asia-Temperate
- Western Asia
  - East Aegean Islands, Turkey.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Forsskål, P. (†). 1775. Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica. Sive descriptiones plantarum, quas per Aegyptum inferiorem et Arabiam felicem detexit, illustravit Petrus Forskål. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Ex officina Mölleri, Hauniae [Copenhagen]. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.41 BHL Reference page.
Dostálek, J. 1979. Nomenklatur der infraspezifischen Taxa von Pyrus spinosa (= P. amygdaliformis). Preslia 51(1): 31–34. PDF Reference page.

Links

Barstow, M. 2017. Pyrus spinosa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T173015A61612142.en.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Pyrus spinosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 March 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Pyrus spinosa. Published online. Accessed: March 18 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Pyrus spinosa. Accessed: 18 March 2023.

Vernacular names

català: Perelloner
Deutsch: Mandelblättrige Birne
English: Almond-leaved Pear
italiano: Perastro
sardu: Pirastru

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