Pyrus information from NPGS/GRIN

United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area
Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)



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Genus: Pyrus L.

Family: Rosaceae subfamily Amygdaloideae tribe Maleae subtribe Malinae
Common name: pear
Genus number: 10194
Last updated: 03-Mar-2008
Comment: all 29 accepted species are in GRIN.

Complete List of Accepted Species Records.

References for genus:

More:

KBD: Kew Bibliographic Databases of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Check other nomenclature databases for Pyrus:

ING: Index Nominum Genericorum
NCU-3e: Names in Current Use for Extant Plant Genera
ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Pyrus cultivars

Subdivisions of genus Pyrus:

Subgenus	Section	Subsection	Series	Subseries
	Pashia
	Pyrus

Images:

Seed (Pyrus calleryana): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Pyrus communis): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Pyrus ussuriensis): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

Check PlantSystematics.org
Check H. D. Wilson's Vascular Plant Image Library (Texas A. & M. University)

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?10194 (23 May 2013)

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