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Pyrus L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 479 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000032328.

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Synonyms of Pyrus

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Pyrenia Clairv. Man. Herbor. Suisse : 161 (1811) wfo-4000032291
Apirophorum Neck. Elem. Bot. 2: 72 (1790) wfo-4100003564
Pirophorum Neck. Elem. Bot. 2: 72 (1790) wfo-4100003585

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Pyrus:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus achras Boreau Flore du centre de la France ; 1857 235 1857 — wfo-0001006304
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus achras Delarbre Fl. Auvergne , ed. 2, 1: 383 (1800) — wfo-0001010257
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus achras Morog. ?tude sur la pomologie naturelle ; 1881 68, t.3,f.13-14 1881 — wfo-0001009368
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus aequalis A.Sav. Compt. Rend. Assoc. Franç. Avancem. Sci. Assoc. Sci. France 11: 425 (1882 publ. 1883) wfo-0000999052
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus aestivalis Lamotte Prod. Fl. Centr. Fr. i. 279. wfo-0000999144
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus albicans Kit. Addit. Fl. Hung. : 583 (1863) wfo-0000999128
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus albicans Poit. & Turpin Traité Arbr. Fruit. 4: n.° 23 (1808) wfo-0000999015
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus alnifolia Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 509 (1825) — wfo-0001011375
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus alpina F.Schmidt Österr. Allg. Baumz. 4: 16 (1822) — wfo-0001006142
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus alpina Willd. Enumeratio Plantarum Horti regii botanici berolinensis ; 1809 527 1809 — wfo-0000990753
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus alpinotaiwaniana S.S.Ying New Taxa New Names 6: 325 2023 wfo-1000057109
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus amaena Poit. & Turpin Traité Arbr. Fruit. 4: n.° 6 (1811) — wfo-0001006874
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus ambigua Michalet ex Beck Flora von Hernstein ; 1884 393 1884 — wfo-0001009387
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus amelanchier K.Koch Dendrologie 1: 181 (1869) wfo-0000998827
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus amelanchier Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 2: 1015 (1799) — wfo-0001011373
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus amoris Poit. & Turpin Traité Arbr. Fruit. 4: n.° 72 (1811) — wfo-0001006298
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus angeli Poit. & Turpin Traité Arbr. Fruit. 4: n.° 73 (1829) wfo-0000998992
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus angulata Kit. ex Rochel Bot. Reise Banat. : 73 (1838) wfo-0000999040
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus apetala Münchh. Hausvater v. 247. 1770 wfo-0001355527
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus apyrena Poit. & Turpin Traité Arbr. Fruit. 4: n.° 84 (1829) wfo-0000998974
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus aquosa Poit. & Turpin Traité Arbr. Fruit. 4: n.° 106 (1807-1835) wfo-0000999022
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus arbutifolia var. arbutifolia – – wfo-0001396353
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus arbutifolia var. erythrocarpa (Michx.) Torr. State New York, Commun. no. 50: 135. 1841 wfo-0000990978
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus arbutifolia var. punila Loudon Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum ; 1838 926, f.647,648 1838 — wfo-0000990983
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus arctica K.Koch Dendrologie 1: 192 (1869) wfo-0000998828
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus ardenponti Poit. & Turpin Traité Arbr. Fruit. 4: n.° 39 (1827) wfo-0000998966
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus arenbergia Poit. & Turpin Traité Arbr. Fruit. 4: n.° 17 (1835) — wfo-1000059643
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus arenbergii Poit. & Turpin Pomol. Franç. 3: Poirier n.° 17 (1846) wfo-0000998897
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus aria Brandis For. Fl. 206. wfo-0000998865
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus aria Hook.f. & Thomson ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 2(5): 375. 1878 [Jul 1878] wfo-0000998821
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus aria Moench Methodus ; 1794 681 1794 — wfo-0001010258
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus aria Wimm. & Grab. Fl. Siles. (1829) ii. 21. wfo-0000998854
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus aria var. acutifolia DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 2: 636. 1825 [mid-Nov 1825] wfo-0001398939
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus aria var. majestica Lavall‚e ex Prain Curtis's botanical magazine ; 1800 t.8184 1908 — wfo-0001013723
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus aria var. obtusifolia DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 2: 636. 1825 [mid-Nov 1825] wfo-0001398938
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus arioides Griff. Itin. Pl. Khasyah Mts. 2: 194 (1848) wfo-0001006173
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus arioides H.Lév. Bull. Géogr. Bot. 27: 57 (1917) — wfo-0001010268
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus arnoldiana M.F.Fay & Christenh. Global Fl. 4: 95 (2018) — wfo-1200075315
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus asiaemediae (Popov) Maleev Derev'ya i kustarniki SSSR [Trees and shrubs of the USSR] Derev'ya i kustarniki SSSR [Trees and shrubs of the USSR]; 1949 392 1954 — wfo-0001006210
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus atrosanguinea Späth Nursery Cat. (Späth) 118: 104 (1905) — wfo-0000997272
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus aucuparia (L.) Ehrh. Beitr. Naturk. [Ehrhart] 6: 94. 1791 [May-Jul 1791] wfo-0001011366
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus aucuparia E.Mey. Pl. Labrad. 81. wfo-0001016882
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus aucuparioides H.Lév. Bull. Géogr. Bot. 27: 57 (1917) — wfo-0001010269
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus augusti Poit. & Turpin Traité Arbr. Fruit. 4: n.° 5 (1830) wfo-0000998997
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus augustifolia Aiton – — wfo-0001220266
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus aurantiacum T.Durand & B.D.Jacks. Index Kewensis ; 486 1906 — wfo-0001006876
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus aureola Poit. & Turpin Traité Arbr. Fruit. 4: n.° 4 (1807-1835) wfo-0000998946
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus baccata Pall. Flora rossica ; 1784 [23], t.10 1784 — wfo-0001011196
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus baccata Thunb. Flora japonica ; 1784 207 1784 — wfo-0001006209
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus baccata hort. ex Hoffmanns. Verz. Pfl.-Kult. 104. 1824 wfo-0001006175
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus badensis K.Koch Dendrologie 1: 192 (1869) wfo-0000998829
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus baranyensis Kit. Linnaea 32(4-5): 582 (1864) wfo-0000999125
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus bellissima Poit. & Turpin Traité Arbr. Fruit. 4: n.° 7 (1807) — wfo-0001006299
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus beuveria Poit. & Turpin Traité Arbr. Fruit. 4: n.° 8 (1807-1835) wfo-0000998951
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus bitchuensis Koidz. Fl. Bitchuensis : 27 (1929) wfo-0001004545
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus boraeana Rouy & E.G.Camus Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 7: 13. 1901 [Nov 1901] wfo-0001010259
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus brachypoda A.Kern. ex Wenz. Linnaea 38: 17 (1873) wfo-0000999168
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus bressensis Poit. & Turpin Traité Arbr. Fruit. 4: n.° 30 (1827) wfo-0000998965
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus brevipes (Rehder) L.H.Bailey Hortus Sec. : 456 (1941) — wfo-0001006206
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus bucharica Litv. ; 1902 18 1902 — wfo-0000987855
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus bucharica Litv. ex C.K.Schneid. Illustriertes Handbuch der Laubholzkunde ; 1904 655, f.359a-b 1906 — wfo-0001006247
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus butyracea Poit. & Turpin Traité Arbr. Fruit. 4: n.° 13 (1811) wfo-0000998945
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus calculosa Poit. & Turpin Traité Arbr. Fruit. 4: n.° 59 (1808) wfo-0000999009
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus calleryana Maxim. ; 1873 172 1873 — wfo-0001006322
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus caloneura (Stapf) M.F.Fay & Christenh. Global Fl. 0.235416667. 2018 wfo-0001016810
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus canadensis Farw. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 122. 1930 wfo-0000998745
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus candidissima hort. ex Lavallée Énum. Arbres 106, nomen. 1877 wfo-0000998748
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus canescens A.Sav. Compt. Rend. Assoc. Franç. Avancem. Sci. Assoc. Sci. France 11: 426 (1882 publ. 1883) wfo-0000999053
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus canescens Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 2: 129 (1834) wfo-0000998870
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus canoplia Guss. ex Decne. Jard. Fruit. Mus. i. sub t. 13. wfo-0000999089
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus cardinalis Poit. & Turpin Traité Arbr. Fruit. 4: n.° 33 (1808) wfo-0000999013
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus carniolica (Kárpáti) M.F.Fay & Christenh. Global Fl. 4: 100 (2018) wfo-1000006670
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus carpatica (Borbás ex C.K.Schneid.) Asch. & Graebn. Synopsis der mitteleurop„ischen Flora ; 1896 99 1906 — wfo-0001008085
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus castanea Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 670, sphalm. 1821 wfo-0000998920
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus castaneifolia Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 2: 379 (1878) wfo-0000998822
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus castigatrix Poit. & Turpin Traité Arbr. Fruit. 4: n.° 34 (1808) wfo-0000999017
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus caucasi Gueldenst. Reis. Russland 1: 423 (1787) wfo-0001006191
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus caumontel Poit. & Turpin Traité Arbr. Fruit. 4: n.° 18 (1808) wfo-0000999010
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus cerasifera var. calvillea Tausch Flora 21: 714. 1838 wfo-0001398606
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus cerasifera var. xanthocarpa Tausch Flora 21: 714. 1838 wfo-0001398605
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus cerasocarpa Morog. Étude Pom. Nat. 22: 63 (1881) — wfo-0001009361
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus chamaemespilus (L.) Lindl. ; 1822 98 1822 — wfo-0000984368
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus chamaemespilus (L.) Pall. Die Harbkesche wilde Baumzucht ; 1795 321 1800 — wfo-0001008089
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus chaptalia Poit. & Turpin Traité Arbr. Fruit. 4: n.° 76 (1830) wfo-0000998999
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus chinensis (Dum.Cours.) Poir. Encyclop‚die m‚thodique. Botanique. Suppl‚ment. ; 1810 452 1816 — wfo-0001008109
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus chinensis Roxb. Hort. Bengal. : 38 (1814) wfo-0000999087
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus chinensis Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 670 (1821) wfo-0000998917
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus ciliata Kit. Addit. Fl. Hung. : 582 (1863) wfo-0000999126
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus cineracea A.Sav. Compt. Rend. Assoc. Franç. Avancem. Sci. Assoc. Sci. France 11: 427 (1882 publ. 1883) wfo-0000999057
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus cinnabarina Poit. & Turpin Traité Arbr. Fruit. 4: n.° 105 (1808) wfo-0000999016
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus clarkiana (C.Weber) M.F.Fay & Christenh. Global Fl. 4: 100 (2018) wfo-1000006528
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus coatata Sumnev. Fl. Uzbekistan. 3: 795 (1955) — wfo-0000999097
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus cognatus Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 81 (1906) — wfo-0001006133
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus collivaga Velen. Fl. Bulg. , Suppl. 1: 97 (1898) — wfo-0001006278
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus commixta Cardot Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 1918, xxiv. 85. wfo-0000998815
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus communis Bunge Enumeratio plantarum, quas in China boreali collegit anno 1831 ; 1833 27 1833 — wfo-0001004232
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus communis Gouan Hortus Monsp. 242. 1762 [Apr 1762] wfo-0000999108
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus communis Morog. ?tude sur la pomologie naturelle ; 1881 67, t.2,f.11 1881 — wfo-0001009369
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus communis Strobl Flora von Admont ; 1881 53 1882 — wfo-0001013487
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pyrus communis Thunb. Fl. Jap. (Thunberg) 207. 1784 [Aug 1784] wfo-0000999078