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Taxon: Pyrus pyrifolia (Burm. f.) Nakai

Genus: Pyrus section: Pashia
Family: Rosaceae subfamily: Spiraeoideae tribe: Pyreae subtribe: Pyrinae.
Nomen number: 30569
Place of publication: Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 40:564. 1926
Name verified on: 06-Jun-1994 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 18-Dec-2008
Species priority site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Corvallis (COR).
Accessions: 139 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.
  • only available ) NPGS core subset accessions for the crop ‘PEAR’ ) or .
  • Check AABGA/NAPCC contact person for genus for possible non-NPGS germplasm.


See also subordinate taxa:


Common names:

  • Asian pear   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English   [Pyrus pyrifolia var. culta]
  • Chinese pear   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English   [Pyrus pyrifolia var. culta]
  • Chinese sand pear   (Source: Acta Hort 634:175.) – English   [Pyrus pyrifolia var. culta]
  • Japanese pear   (Source: Krussmann ) – English   [Pyrus pyrifolia var. culta]
  • nashi   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English   [Pyrus pyrifolia var. culta]
  • nashi pear   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – English   [Pyrus pyrifolia var. culta]
  • Oriental pear   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English   [Pyrus pyrifolia var. culta]
  • sand pear   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English   [Pyrus pyrifolia var. culta]
  • sha li   (Source: F ChinaEng [as P. pyrifolia]) – Transcribed Chinese   [Pyrus pyrifolia var. culta]
  • poirier japonais   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French   [Pyrus pyrifolia var. culta]
  • China-Birne   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – German   [Pyrus pyrifolia var. pyrifolia]
  • Nashi-Birne   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – German   [Pyrus pyrifolia var. culta]
  • Sandbirnbaum   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German   [Pyrus pyrifolia var. culta]
  • yama-nashi   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Japanese Rōmaji   [Pyrus pyrifolia var. culta]
  • pera   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish   [Pyrus pyrifolia var. culta]

Economic importance:


Distributional range:

      Native:
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    China: China - Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang
  • ASIA-TROPICAL
    Indo-China: Laos; Vietnam

      Naturalized:
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Eastern Asia: Japan

      Cultivated:
    ; Asia [e.]

References:

  • Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960–. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam. (F CambLVN)
  • Bao, L. et al. 2007. Genetic diversity and similarity of pear (Pyrus L.) cultivars native to East Asia revealed by SSR (simple sequence repeat) markers. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 54:959–971. [suggests that Chinese white pears should be included here].
  • Bao, L. et al. 2008. An assessment of genetic variability and relationships within Asian pears based on AFLP (amplified fragment length polymorphism) markers. Sci. Hort. 116:374–380.
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
  • Forest Experimental Station, Korea. 1966. Illustrated woody plants of Korea. (WPl Korea)
  • Fu, Y. C. et al. 1977–. Flora intramongolica. (F InnMong)
  • Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan. (F Japan)
  • Kimura, T. et al. 2002. Identification of Asian pear varieties by SSR analysis. Breed. Sci. 52:115–121.
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
  • Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). (F JapanOhwi)
  • Pan, Z. et al. 2002. Genetic diversity of cultivated resources of pear in North China. Acta Hort. 587:187–194.
  • Tuz, A. S. 1972. K voprosu klassifikatsii roda Pyrus L. (Up-to-date systematics of the genus Pyrus L.). Trudy Prikl. Bot. 46:78.
  • Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). (Pl Res SEAs) 2:272.
  • Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. (F Okin)
  • Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng)
More:

Synonyms:


Check other databases for Pyrus pyrifolia (Burm. f.) Nakai:

  • Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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