Pyrus communis Linnaeus (Q4390)

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Pyrus communis is a taxon with the rank species within the genus Pyrus
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Pyrus communis Linnaeus
Pyrus communis is a taxon with the rank species within the genus Pyrus

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    taxon/id/Pyrus communis Linnaeus
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    Pyrus communis Linnaeus
    Pyrus communis
    Linnaeus
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 9: Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    poirier commun (French)
    épine noire (French)
    common pear (English)
    Common pear (English)
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    Douglas, G.W., G.B. Straley, D.V. Meidinger & J. Pojar. 1998. Illustrated Flora of British Columbia. B.C. Ministry of Environment, Lands & Parks and B.C. Ministry of Forests. Victoria. Crown Publications. 8 vols.
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    Zinck, M. 1998. Roland's Flora of Nova Scotia. Nimber Publishing & Nova Scotia Museum. Halifax, N. S. 2 vols. 1297 pp.
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    Newmaster, S.G., A. Lehela, M.J. Oldham, P.W.C. Uhlig & S. McMurray. 1998. Ontario Plant List. Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Forest Information Paper No. 123. 550 pp.
    Eurasia
    also in Mexico
    Flowering Mar–May; fruiting Jul–Aug.
    open woods
    old fields
    clearings
    fencerows
    0–1000+ m
    Plants 50–150 (–300) dm.
    Branches grayish brown or dark reddish-brown, glabrous;
    short-shoots of young plants often thorn-tipped.
    Leaves: petiole 1.5–5 cm, slightly pubescent when young;
    blade ovate or suborbiculate to elliptic, 2–5 (–7) × 1.5–2.5 cm, base broadly cuneate to almost rounded, margins obtusely serrate, serrulate, or crenulate, sometimes entire, densely ciliate when young, apex acute or shortly acuminate, surfaces pubescent when young, glabrescent.
    Pedicels 2–3.5 cm, pubescent or glabrate.
    Flowers 25–35 mm diam.;
    sepals triangular-lanceolate, 5–9 × 3–4 mm, apex acuminate;
    petals white, obovate, (12–) 13–15 × 10–13 mm;
    ovaries 5-locular;
    Pomes green, yellowish, or reddish green, globose, subglobose, ovoid, or pyriform, 30–160 × 15–120 mm;