Pyrus syriaca

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Pyrus syriaca 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 syriaca
Varietates: P. s. var. microphylla – P. s. var. pseudosyriaca – P. s. var. syriaca

Name

Pyrus syriaca Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. 10: 1 (1849).

Typus: Syria in sylvatica regionis montis Cassii (Akra Mountain) supra Cassab. Boissier. (Holotype: G).

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Pyrus boveana Decne., Jard. Fruit. 1: t. 10 (1871).
- Sorbus glabra Gilib., Fl. Lit. Inch. 2: 233 (1782).
- Pyrus bovei Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 423 (1841).
- Pyrus angustifolia Decne., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 4: 359 (1835).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate Caucasus Transcaucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan). Western Asia Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria (Lebanon, Syria), Palestine (Jordan), Turkey References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Boissier, P.E. 1849. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum. ser. 1, no. 10. 122 pp., Parisiis [Paris]: Typis Marci Ducloux et Cons. MDZ Biblioteca Digital Reference page.

Additional references

Grossheim, A.A.† 1952. Flora Kavkaza. Tom. 5: Rosaceae – Leguiminosae. 2. ed., 453 pp., Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moskva & Leningrad. BHL Reference page.
Schönbeck-Temesy, E. 1969. Pyrus. Pp. 27-36 in Rechinger, K.H., Rosaceae I. In: Rechinger, K.H. (ed.) Flora Iranica. Vol. 66. 217 pp., 60 tab., Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt Graz. Reference page.
Feinbrun-Dothan, N. (ed.) 1972. Flora Palaestina 2(Text): 1-489. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Reference page.
Townsend, C.C. & Guest, E.R. (eds.) 1966. Flora of Iraq. Volume Two [Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae, Rosaceae]. 184 pp. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad. Reference page.
Meikle, R.D. 1977. Flora of Cyprus. Volume One (Pinaceae to Theligonaceae). XII, 832 pp. Bentham-Moxon Trust & Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, London 1977. ISBN 0-9504876-3-5 Reference page.
Browicz, K. 1972. Pyrus. Pp. 160-168 in Davis, P.H. (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. Vol. 4 (Rosaceae to Dipsacaceae). 657 pp. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh. ISBN 0-85224-208-5. Reference page.
Browicz, K. 1993. Concept and chorology of the genus Pyrus L. Arboretum Kórnickie 38: 17–33. Reference page.
Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.) 2012. Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul. ISBN 978-605-60425-7-7. Online edition. Reference page.
Uğurlu, Z. & Dönmez, A.A. 2015. Taxonomic and nomenclatural contributions to Pyrus L. (Rosaceae) from Turkey. Turkish Journal of Botany 39: 841-849. DOI: 10.3906/bot-1411-34 Reference page.
Ibrahimov, A.M. & Matsyura, A.V. 2018. The wild pear (Pyrus L., Rosaceae) species in the flora of Azerbaijan Republic. Ukrainian Journal of Ecology 8(1): 730–735. DOI: 10.15421/2018_273 [nonfunctional] PDF Reference page.

Links

Wilson, B. 2018. Pyrus syriaca. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T173016A61613968.en.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Pyrus syriaca 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 syriaca. Published online. Accessed: March 18 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Pyrus syriaca. Accessed: 18 March 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. Pyrus syriaca. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 March 18. Reference page.