Pyrus spinosa

Pyrus spinosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rosales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Rosales

Familia: Rosaceae
Subfamilia: Amygdaloideae
Tribus: Maleae
Subtribus: Malinae
Genus: Pyrus
Sectio: P. sect. Pyrus
Species: Pyrus spinosa

Name

Pyrus spinosa Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 211. 1775.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Pyrus amygdaliformis Vill., Cat. Pl. Jard. Strasbourg: 323. 1807. nom. illeg.
    • Crataegus amygdaliformis (Vill.) Chalon, Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 7: 174. 1868.
    • Pyrus communis subsp. amygdaliformis (Vill.) Braun-Blanq., Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 21: 35. 1919.
    • Pyrus parviflora var. amygdaliformis (Vill.) Decne., Jard. Fruit. Mus. 1: 314. 1871–1872.
• Heterotypic
  • Pyrus amygdaloides Link, Handbuch 2: 80. 1829.
  • Pyrus angustifolia Decne., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., ser. 2 4: 359. 1835.
  • Pyrus cuneifolia Guss., Pl. Rar.: 202. 1826.
    • Pyrus parviflora var. cuneifolia (Guss.) Decne., Jard. Fruit. Mus. 1: 314. 1871–1872.
    • Pyrus amygdaliformis var. cuneifolia (Guss.) Bean, Trees Shrubs Brit. Isl. 2: 273, 1914.
  • Pyrus amygdaliformis var. lanceolata Diap., Feddes Repert. 34: 41. 1933.
  • Pyrus nivalis Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 18: t. 1484. 1832, nom. illeg. non Jacq. 1774.
  • Pyrus oblongifolia Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. 2: 128. 1834.
    • Pyrus spinosa var. oblongifolia (Spach) Dostálek, Preslia 51(1): 32. 1979.
    • Pyrus amygdaliformis var. oblongifolia (Spach) Bean, Trees Shrubs Brit. Isl. 2: 273, 1914.
  • Pyrus parviflora Desf., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 12: 52. 1808.
  • Pyrus pyrainus Raf., Specchio Sci. 2: 173. 1814.
  • Pyrus sicula Tineo, Cat. Hort. Panorm. 208. 1827.
  • Pyrus sinaica Dum.Cours., Bot. Cult. ed. II. 5: 435. 1815.
    • Pyrus spinosa var. sinaica (Dum.Cours.) Dostálek, Preslia 51(1): 32. 1979.
    • Pyrus amygdaliformis var. sinaica (Dum.Cours.) Diap., Feddes Repert. 34: 41. 1933.
  • Pyrus sinai Desf., Hist. Arb. France 2: 144. 1809.
  • Pyrus spinosa var. diapulidis Dostálek, Preslia 51(1): 32. 1979, nom. nov..
    • Pyrus amygdaliformis var. cuneifolia Diap., Feddes Repert. 34: 40. 1933, nom. illeg. non (Guss.) Bean, Trees Shrubs Brit. Isl. 2: 273, 1914.
  • Pyrus parviflora var. lobata Decne., Jard. Fruit. Mus. 1: 314. 1871–1872.
    • Pyrus spinosa f. lobata (Decne.) Dostálek, Preslia 51(1): 33. 1979.
    • Pyrus amygdaliformis var.[?] lobata Koehne, Deutsch. Dendol.: 244. 1893.
  • Pyrus amygdaliformis var. heterophylla Dippel, Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 362, 1893.
  • Pyrus collivaga Velen., Fl. Bulg. 1. Suppl. 97, 1898, nom. inval., nom. prov.
  • Pyrus parviflora var. microphylla Decne., Jard. Fruit. Mus. 1: 314. 1871–1872.
    • Pyrus spinosa var. microphylla (Decne.) Browicz, Arbor. Kornickie 22: 313. 1977.
    • Pyrus spinosa var. microphylla (Decne.) Dostálek, Preslia 51(1): 32. 1979, nom. illeg..
    • Pyrus amygdaliformis var. microphylla Diap., Feddes Repert. 34: 40. 1933
  • Pyrus parviflora var. brachyclada Decne., Jard. Fruit. Mus. 1: 314. 1871–1872.
  • Pyrus tinei Todaro ex Decne., Preslia 51(1): 32. 1979.
• Misapplied names
  • Pyrus amygdaliformis f. triloba (Bornm.) Diap., Feddes Repert. 34: 40. 1933 (= Pyrus elaeagrifolia)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Southwestern Europe Corse, France, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia (Malta, Sicily), Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia (Bosna and Hercegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia). Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia East Aegean Islands, Turkey. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDGW – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Forsskål, P. (†). 1775. Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica. Sive descriptiones plantarum, quas per Aegyptum inferiorem et Arabiam felicem detexit, illustravit Petrus Forskål. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Ex officina Mölleri, Hauniae [Copenhagen]. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.41 BHL Reference page. 
• Dostálek, J. 1979. Nomenklatur der infraspezifischen Taxa von Pyrus spinosa (= P. amygdaliformis). Preslia 51(1): 31–34. PDF Reference page. 
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Pyrus spinosa in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2016 12 4.
• Hassler, M. 2019. Pyrus spinosa. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi, J., Penev L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Apr 20.

Vernacular names

italiano: Perastro
sardu: Pirastru

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