Distribution
Native to:
Iran, Iraq, Krym, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus
Introduced into:
Austria, Baleares, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Ecuador, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lebanon-Syria, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Washington, Yugoslavia
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Mespilus germanica L. in Sp. Pl.: 478 (1753)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Crataegus mespilus Jess. in Deut. Excurs.-Fl.: 395 (1879)
- Mespilus abortiva Mord.Laun. in Bon Jard. 1808: 116 (1808)
- Mespilus apyrena Poit. & Turpin in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Fruit. 6: n.° 2 (1826)
- Mespilus calicina Stokes in Bot. Mat. Med. 3: 107 (1812)
- Mespilus communis Gueldenst. in Reis. Russland 1: 419 (1787), nom. nud.
- Mespilus domestica Gaterau in Descr. Pl. Montauban: 92 (1789), nom. illeg.
- Mespilus germanica var. abortiva (Mord.Laun.) Pers. in Syn. Pl. 2: 39 (1807)
- Mespilus germanica f. apyrena (DC.) Rehder in Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 240 (1949)
- Mespilus germanica var. apyrena DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 4: 435 (1805)
- Mespilus germanica f. cylindrica Vesirischvili in Zametki Sist. Geogr. Rast. 21: 22 (1959)
- Mespilus germanica var. diffusa Aiton in Hort. Kew. 2: 173 (1789)
- Mespilus germanica var. gigantea G.Kirchn. in E.A.Petzold & G.Kirchner, Arbor. Muscav.: 288 (1864)
- Mespilus germanica f. globosa Vesirischvili in Zametki Sist. Geogr. Rast. 21: 22 (1959)
- Mespilus germanica var. hortensis Dum.Cours. in Bot. Cult., ed. 2, 5: 446 (1811)
- Mespilus germanica var. integrifolia Fed. & Al.Fed. in Trudy Armyansk. Fil. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. Biol. 2: 37 (1937)
- Mespilus germanica var. macrocarpa DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 4: 434 (1805)
- Mespilus germanica f. macrocarpa (DC.) Zabel in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 180 (1903)
- Mespilus germanica maliformis Dierb. in Syst. Uebers. Heidelb. Gewächse: 147 (1827)
- Mespilus germanica f. obconica Vesirischvili in Zametki Sist. Geogr. Rast. 21: 22 (1959)
- Mespilus germanica pyriformis Dierb. in Syst. Uebers. Heidelb. Gewächse: 147 (1827)
- Mespilus germanica var. sativa Gray in Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 566 (1821 publ. 1822)
- Mespilus germanica var. serrulata Fed. & Al.Fed. in Trudy Armyansk. Fil. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. Biol. 2: 38 (1937)
- Mespilus germanica var. stricta Aiton in Hort. Kew. 2: 172 (1789)
- Mespilus germanica var. sylvestris (Mill.) DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 4: 434 (1805)
- Mespilus macrocarpa (DC.) Poit. & Turpin in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Fruit. 6: n.° 2 (1826)
- Mespilus portentosa Poit. & Turpin in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Fruit. 6: n.° 3 (1826)
- Mespilus pubescens Pohl in Tent. Fl. Bohem. 2: 164 (1814)
- Mespilus sylvestris Mill. in Gard. Dict. ed. 8.: Mespilus n.° 1 (1768)
- Mespilus vulgaris Rchb. in Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2: 630 (1832)
- Mespilus vulgaris Gueldenst. in Reis. Russland 1: 312 (1787), nom. nud.
- Ostinia mespylus Clairv. in Man. Herbor. Suisse: 162 (1811)
- Pyrus germanica Hook.f. in Student. Fl. Brit. Isl.: 127 (1870)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- (2020). https://www.phytologia.org/uploads/2/3/4/2/23422706/102_3_177-199ufimov_and_dickinsoncratageus9-2-20.pdf. epublication.
- (2021). https://doi.org/10.1556/034.63.2021.3-4.1. epublication.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- (2021). https://doi.org/10.1556/034.63.2021.3-4.1. epublication.
- Browicz, K. & al. (1969). Rosaceae I. Flora Iranica 66: 1-217. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
- Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1972). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 4: 1-657. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2014). Flora of North America North of Mexico 9: 1-713. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
- Nikitin, V.V. (ed.) (1949). Flora Turkmenii 4: 1-364. Turkmenskoe gosudarstvennoe izd., Ashkhabad.
- von Raab-Straube, E. (ed.) (2005-2022). The Euro+Med PlantBase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/query.asp.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Mespilus germanica | 16068.000 | No | |||
Mespilus germanica | 18833.000 | No | |||
Fay, M.F. [MFF141], United Kingdom | Mespilus germanica | K000696448 | No |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Living Collection Database
- Common Names from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Living Collection https://www.kew.org/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images