Pyrus spinosa

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:

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

References

Primary 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. 

Additional references

• Dostálek, J. 1979. Nomenklatur der infraspezifischen Taxa von Pyrus spinosa (= P. amygdaliformis). Preslia 51(1): 31–34. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Barstow, M. 2017. Pyrus spinosa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T173015A61612142.en.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Pyrus spinosa. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 March 25. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Pyrus spinosa in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 March 25. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Pyrus spinosa. Published online. Accessed: 25 March 2021.

Vernacular names

italiano: Perastro
sardu: Pirastru

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