Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Infrakingdom Streptophyta > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Rosanae > Order Rosales > Family Rosaceae > Genus Pyrus

Pyrus spinosa Forssk.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pyrus*	L.	accepted genus name
*Pyrus betulifolia*	Bunge	taxonomically included in
*Pyrus boissieriana*	Buhse	taxonomically included in
*Pyrus bourgaeana*	Decne.	taxonomically included in
*Pyrus bovei*	Steud.	taxonomically included in
*Pyrus castribonensis*	Raimondo, Schicchi & Mazzola	taxonomically included in
*Pyrus ciancioi*	P. Marino, G. Castellano, Raimondo & Spadaro	taxonomically included in
*Pyrus communis*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Pyrus complexa*	Rubtzov	taxonomically included in
*Pyrus cordata*	Desv.	taxonomically included in
*Pyrus elaeagrifolia*	Pall.	taxonomically included in
*Pyrus georgica*	Kuth.	taxonomically included in
*Pyrus grossheimii*	Fed.	taxonomically included in
*Pyrus hakkiarica*	Browicz	taxonomically included in
*Pyrus hyrcana*	Fed.	taxonomically included in
*Pyrus ketzkhovelii*	Kuth.	taxonomically included in
*Pyrus medvedevii*	Rubtzov	taxonomically included in
*Pyrus nivalis*	Jacq.	taxonomically included in
*Pyrus oxyprion*	Woronow	taxonomically included in
*Pyrus pedrottiana*	Raimondo, Venturella & Domina	taxonomically included in
*Pyrus raddeana*	Woronow	taxonomically included in
*Pyrus sachokiana*	Kuth.	taxonomically included in
*Pyrus salicifolia*	Pall.	taxonomically included in
*Pyrus serikensis*	Güner & H. Duman	taxonomically included in
*Pyrus sicanorum*	Raimondo, Schicchi & P. Marino	taxonomically included in
*Pyrus spinosa*	Forssk.	taxonomically included in
*Pyrus syriaca*	Boiss.	taxonomically included in
*Pyrus terpoi*	Arrigoni	taxonomically included in
*Pyrus theodorovii*	Mulk.	taxonomically included in
*Pyrus turcomanica*	Maleev	taxonomically included in
*Pyrus vallis-demonis*	Raimondo & Schicchi	taxonomically included in
*Pyrus yaltirikii*	Browicz	taxonomically included in
*Pyrus zangezura*	Maleev	taxonomically included in

Species group names

*Crataegus amygdaliformis*	(Vill.) Chalon	heterotypic synonym
*Pyrus amygdaliformis*	Vill.	heterotypic synonym
*Pyrus amygdaloides*	Link	heterotypic synonym
*Pyrus angustifolia*	Decne.	heterotypic synonym
*Pyrus communis subsp. amygdaliformis*	(Vill.) Braun-Blanq.	heterotypic synonym
*Pyrus cuneifolia*	Guss.	heterotypic synonym
*Pyrus nivalis*	Lindl.	heterotypic synonym
*Pyrus oblongifolia*	Spach	heterotypic synonym
*Pyrus parviflora*	Desf.	heterotypic synonym
*Pyrus pyrainus*	Raf.	heterotypic synonym
*Pyrus communis*	auct.	misapplied name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Basque: madari-latxa sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Catalan: perelló; perelloner; perera borda sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Greek: αγκοριτσιά; αγκούτσακας; αγριαχλαδιά; αγριοαπιδιά; αμπουρτζιά; Απιδέα η αμυγδαλόμορφος; αχλάδα; αχλαδιά; γκοριτσιά; γκορνιτσιά; κουρτζιά sources: Kabbadas, D. S. 1957–1964: Eikonographemenon botanikon-phytologikon lexikon. – Athenai;Voliotis, D. & Athanasiadis, N. 1971: Dendra ke thamni [Trees and shrubs; in Greek]. – Thessaloniki;Yannitsaros, A. 1977: Contributions to the vernacular names of the Greek plants. II. Vernacular names of plants from the island of Lesvos. – Biologia gallo-hellenica; travaux des groupes franco-helléniques et de la station de Kéramou. Ergasia tôn gall-ellênikôon etaireiôn kai tou stathmou Keramous 6(2): 311-316

Portuguese: pereira silvestre sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Spanish, Castillian: peral de monte

Literature

nomenclatural reference	Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 211. 1775

Genbank

Citation

Kurtto, A. Pyrus spinosa Forssk. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/786ec629-96af-4fdd-9a7c-9ddbeffdc165

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Importance

IUCN:
Red List status VU 1996 This species is vulnerable and is considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources