Rosaceae
Pyrus

Pyrus syriaca Boiss.

First published in Diagn. Pl. Orient. 10: 1 (1849)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Medit. to Iran. It is a tree and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

Tunisia

Native to:

Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Palestine, Transcaucasus, Turkey

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2013). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 5: 1-451. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Meikle, R.D. (1977). Flora of Cyprus 1: 1-832. The Bentham-Moxon Trust Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Townsend, C.C. & Guest, E. (1966). Flora of Iraq 2: 1-184. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
  • Zohary, M. in Feinbrun-Dothan, N. (1972). Flora Palaestina 2(Text): 1-489. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2013). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 5: 1-451. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Meikle, R.D. (1977). Flora of Cyprus 1: 1-832. The Bentham-Moxon Trust Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Zohary, M. in Feinbrun-Dothan, N. (1972). Flora Palaestina 2(Text): 1-489. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1970 Davis [44666] Türkiye K000809215 No
Jan 1, 1970 Davis [45085] Türkiye K000809216 No
Jan 1, 1970 Davis [45179] Türkiye K000809217 No
Merton, L.F.H. [2541] Cyprus K004529589 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Armenia K004529596 No
Paine, J.A. [s.n.] Jordan K004529599 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Iraq K004529604 No
Omar, S.; Sahira; Karim, F.; Hamid, H. [38481] Iraq K004529592 No
Syngrassides, A. [459] Cyprus K004529586 No
Bové, N. [479] Iraq K004529603 No
Della, A. [ARI2884] Cyprus K004529581 No
Merton, L.F.H. [2832] Cyprus K004529584 No
Merton, L.F.H. [2511] Cyprus K004529585 No
Syngrassides, A.I. [459] Cyprus K004529587 No
Barkley; Hikmat [[33240]] Iraq K004529594 No
Davis, P.H. [9464] Jordan K004529600 No
Meikle, R.D. [2003] Cyprus K004529582 No
Merton, L.F.H. [2832] Cyprus K004529583 No
Guest, E. [494] Iraq K004529590 No
Jacobs, M. [6488] Iran K004529601 No
Bornmüller, J. [1029] Iran K004529591 No
Browicz, K. [s.n.] Armenia K004529598 No
Manoog Haradjian [3981] Syria K004529602 No
Guest, E.R. [2749] Iraq K004529607 No
Abbas, H.; Barkley, F.A. [7070] Iraq K004529595 No
Guest, E.R. [585] Iraq K004529608 No
Takhtadzhian, A.; Gozheva, N.; Czerepanov, S. [s.n.] Armenia K004529597 No
Haussknecht [372] Iraq K004529593 No
Hooker, J.D. (Dr.); Hanbury, D. [s.n.] Syria K004529606 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images