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3338.000 Pyrus - Pears
Staples, G.W. & Herbst, D.R. (2005) A Tropical Garden Flora; plants cultivated in the Hawaiian islands and other tropical places. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Description of the genus
Tree. Leaves simple, often long-petiolate, blades usually lanceolate-ovate; margins finely serrate. Inflorescence a corymb or umbel-shaped. Flowers 5-parted; calyx lobes narrowly triangular; white, often pink in bud. Fruit a fleshy pome, usually golden brown. Derivation of name: Pyrus: the classical name for a pear. Worldwide: About 70 species, all native to temperate Eurasia. Zimbabwe: 2 cultivated taxa. |
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Links to cultivated taxa View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| communis L. | |
| pyrifolia (Burm. f.) Nakai | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Pyrus:
External websites:
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): PyrusFlora Zambesiaca web site: Pyrus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Pyrus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pyrus
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Pyrus
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