Pyrus communis

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Family:ROSACEAE
Species:Pyrus communis L.
Common Name:Common Pear
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Tree
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:PYCO
Plant Notes:Common Pear is an introduced deciduous tree in the Rosa family (Rosaceae). It is native to Eurasia. In Alabama it can be found statewide. Common Pear occurs around old home sites, in pastures, along fence rows, and in urban woodlands. It is a small to medium sized tree reaching heights of 20-60 feet. The bark is grayish brown and occurs in long vertical plates. Short side shoots are often thorn tipped. Leaves are petiolate, alternate, ovate to elliptic in outline, slightly pubescent (especially when young), and with serrate to crenate or rarely entire margins. The leaf margins are usually densely ciliate when young. The leaves turn yellow or golden before falling in the autumn. Flowers occur in 4-9 flowered umbel-like racemes or corymbs. Each flower has 5 white petals and 3-5 styles. The fruit is a globose or pyriform pome that is green, yellow, or reddish in color. Common Pear is widely cultivated for its edible fruit. It is of hybrid origin involving multiple species, and over 1,000 cultivars have been developed.—A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native
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Classification

FamilyROSACEAE - Rose family
Genus Pyrus
Species Pyrus communis L. - Common Pear

Citation

Citation Pyrus communis Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 479. 1753.
Basionym: **
Type: Without data (lectotype: LINN 647.1). Lectotypified by Amaral Franco & Rocha Alfonso, Rev. Fac. Ci. Univ. Lisboa, Sér. 2, C, Ci. Nat. 13: 177. 1965.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Pyrus achras Pyrus achras Gaertner, Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 44. 1791    
Pyrus communis var. achras Pyrus communis Linnaeus, var. achras (Gaertner) Wallroth, Sched. Crit. 1: 213. 1822.Pyrus achras Gaertner 1791. 
Pyrus communis var. pyraster Pyrus communis Linnaeus, var. pyraster Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 479. 1753.  
Pyrus communis var. pyraster Pyrus communis Linnaeus, var. pyraster Wallroth, Sched. Crit. 1: 213. 1822, non Linnnaeus 1753.  
Pyrus communis var. sylvestris Pyrus communis Linnaeus, var. sylvestris de Candolle, in de Candolle & Lamarck, Fl. Franc. 4: 430. 1815, nom. inadmiss.Pyrus communis Linnaeus 1753. 
Pyrus communis var. volema Pyrus communis Linnaeus, var. volema Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 479. 1753. Without data (lectotype: Bauhin & Cherler, Hist. Pl. 1: "Pyra dorsalia eademque Libralia dicta". 1650). Lectotypified by Aldasoro & Aedo, in Cafferty & C. E. Jarvis, Taxon 51: 543. 2002.
Pyrus pyraster Pyrus pyraster (Linnaeus) Borkhausen, Theor. Prakt. Handb. Forstbot. 2: 1287. 1803.Pyrus communis Linnaeus, var. pyraster Linnaeus 1753. 
Pyrus sylvestris Pyrus sylvestris Moench, Methodus 679. 1794, nom. illegit.Pyrus communis Linnaeus 1753. 
Sorbus pyrus Sorbus pyrus Crantz, Stirp. Austr. Fasc. 2: 56. 1763, nom. illegit.Pyrus communis Linnaeus 1753. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Coffee, Colbert, Coosa, Dale, DeKalb, Etowah, Hale, Houston, Jefferson, Limestone, Marengo, Marion, Marshall, Mobile, Montgomery, Morgan, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Washington

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1966 - 1994

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
UNA00015642 Coosa 20 Mar 1987 Haynes, Robert R.
8790		 UNA
Pyrus communis L.
JSU131257 St. Clair 13 Jul 1969 Day, Randy
s.n.		 JSU
Pyrus communis Linnaeus
TROY000008471 Pike 05 Apr 2001 Diamond, Alvin R.
12333		 TROY
Pyrus communis Linnaeus
UNA00025950 Hale 08 Mar 1994 Mann, Carroll J.
27		 UNA
Pyrus communis L.
ALNHS00003636 Colbert 17 Nov 2015 Barger, T. Wayne
FH-621		 ALNHS
Pyrus communis L.
UWAL0003840 Sumter 14 Sep 1993 Stanton, Lee E.
s.n.		 UWAL
Pyrus communis L.
USAM000013817 Baldwin 18 Mar 1968 LeLong, Michel G.
4222		 USAM
Pyrus communis Linnaeus
TROY000008468 Coffee 10 Mar 2000 Martin, Brian H.
475		 TROY
Pyrus communis Linnaeus
TROY000044764 Autauga 14 Feb 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
351		 TROY
Pyrus communis Linnaeus
JSU131249 Etowah 15 Jul 1969 Edwards, D.A.
s.n.		 JSU
Pyrus communis Linnaeus
TROY000022875 Bibb 05 Jan 1991 Tucker, Bernie
19		 TROY
Pyrus communis Linnaeus
USAM000013813 Mobile 30 Mar 1974 LeLong, Michel G.
7480		 USAM
Pyrus communis Linnaeus
TROY000032065 Montgomery 01 Apr 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
21842		 TROY
Pyrus communis Linnaeus
UNA00050127 Randolph 28 Jul 1988 Nixon, Christopher F.
4098		 UNA
Pyrus communis L.
AUA000023853 Pike 15 Mar 1994 Diamond, Alvin R.
9023		 AUA
Pyrus Communis L.
JSU131258 St. Clair 13 Jul 1969 Ellard, Jerry
s.n.		 JSU
Pyrus communis Linnaeus
USAM000013814 Mobile 30 Mar 1974 LeLong, Michel G.
7480		 USAM
Pyrus communis Linnaeus
USAM000013816 Mobile 08 Mar 1977 LeLong, Michel G.
9642		 USAM
Pyrus communis Linnaeus
UWAL0014226 Bullock 28 Mar 2013 Dykes, Bailee
1539		 UWAL
Pyrus communis Linnaeus
UNA00066659 Butler 20 Mar 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
17328		 UNA
Pyrus communis L.
JSU131251 Jefferson 4 Apr 1979 Christian, Elizabeth
 JSU
Pyrus communis Linnaeus
JSU131252 Limestone 3 Aug 1996 Whetstone, R. David
18302		 JSU
Pyrus communis Linnaeus
JSU131256 Randolph 2 Aug 1986 Nixon, Christopher F.
2555		 JSU
Pyrus communis Linnaeus
UNA00015641 Autauga 18 Mar 1966 Tucker, Charles E.
62		 UNA
Pyrus communis L.
UWAL0003841 Sumter 14 Sep 1993 Stanton, Lee E.
s.n.		 UWAL
Pyrus communis L.
TROY000038633 Bullock 28 Mar 2013 Dykes, Bailee
1539		 TROY
Pyrus communis Linnaeus
UWAL0037164 Cleburne 22 Mar 2016 Spaulding, Daniel D.
14470		 UWAL
Pyrus communis L.
UWAL0003839 Hale 21 Apr 1993 Stanton, Lee E.
s.n.		 UWAL
Pyrus communis L.
JSU131253 Marshall 18 Apr 1993 Spaulding, Daniel D.
3467		 JSU
Pyrus communis Linnaeus
JSU131250 Etowah 5 Mar 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
738		 JSU
Pyrus communis Linnaeus
JSU131255 Randolph 28 Jul 1988 Nixon, Christopher F.
4098		 JSU
Pyrus communis Linnaeus
UWAL0046785 Autauga 14 Feb 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
351		 UWAL
Pyrus communis Linnaeus
UWAL0030142 Marengo 26 Mar 2014 England, J. Kevin
4741		 UWAL
Pyrus communis Linnaeus
JSU131243 Calhoun 18 Oct 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
3034		 JSU
Pyrus communis Linnaeus
TROY000008467 Butler 20 Mar 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
17328		 TROY
Pyrus communis Linnaeus
USAM000013815 Mobile 15 Mar 1973 LeLong, Michel G.
6906		 USAM
Pyrus communis Linnaeus
JSU131245 Calhoun 14 Jul 1969 Payne, Jan E.
s.n.		 JSU
Pyrus communis Linnaeus
JSU131259 Shelby 10 Sep 1982 Whetstone, R. David
12283		 JSU
Pyrus communis Linnaeus
JSU131260 Shelby 2 Oct 1983 Lowe, E.M.
s.n.		 JSU
Pyrus communis Linnaeus
AUA000023854 Russell 8 Mar 2002 Gil, Glenda
2001-59		 AUA
Pyrus Communis L.
JSU131244 Calhoun 18 Oct 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
3035		 JSU
Pyrus communis Linnaeus
UWAL0003838 Butler 20 Mar 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
17328		 UWAL
Pyrus communis L.
TROY000008472 Washington 04 May 1991 Powers, Loren D.
5		 TROY
Pyrus communis Linnaeus
JSU131248 Etowah 12 Sep 1982 Pugh, F.E.
42		 JSU
Pyrus communis Linnaeus
JSU131381 Shelby 10 Sep 1982 Whetstone, R. David
12323		 JSU
Pyrus communis Linnaeus
UNA00073049 Colbert 17 Nov 2015 Barger, T. Wayne
FH-621		 UNA
Pyrus communis L.
UWAL0005379 Montgomery 01 Apr 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
21842		 UWAL
Pyrus communis Linnaeus
JSU131254 Morgan 29 Mar 1997 Whetstone, R. David
s.n.		 JSU
Pyrus communis Linnaeus
JSU131247 DeKalb 5 Jul 1969 Millican, Linda
s.n.		 JSU
Pyrus communis Linnaeus
TROY000008469 Dale 20 Feb 2000 Prazinko, Brian F.
s.n.		 TROY
Pyrus communis Linnaeus
JSU131246 Clay 21 Mar 1981 Whetstone, R. David
10469		 JSU
Pyrus communis Linnaeus
TROY000008470 Houston 20 May 1995 Chasteen, David
1		 TROY
Pyrus communis Linnaeus
UWAL0045862 Marion 08 Apr 2018 Spaulding, Daniel D.
15166		 UWAL
Pyrus communis L.
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