Pyrus xerophila

Life-forms

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. Pashia
Species: Pyrus xerophila
Name

Pyrus xerophila T.T.Yu, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 8: 233 (1963).

Typus: China: Gansu: Yüzhong, Hinglong Shan, in silvis, 3 July 1955. T.T.Yu 112. (Holotype: HP).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Asia-Temperate
China
China North-Central (Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi), China Southeast (Henan), Tibet, Xinjiang.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Additional references

Cuizhi, G. & Spongberg, S.A. 2003. Pyrus xerophila. Pp. 176 in Wu, Zh.Y. , Raven, P.H. & Hong, D.Y. (eds.), Flora of China. Volume 9: Pittosporaceae through Connaraceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 1-930723-14-8. efloras Reference page.

Links

Ye, J.F., Qin, h., Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group. 2019. Pyrus xerophila. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T61614144A152838555.en.
Hassler, M. 2021. Pyrus xerophila. 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 online. Accessed: 2021 March 23. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Pyrus xerophila in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 March 23. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Pyrus xerophila. Published online. Accessed: 23 March 2021.

Pyrus xerophila is a species of flowering plant in the genus Pyrus found in China.[2] It is a probable hybrid species resulting from crosses between Pyrus pashia (Himalayan pear), Pyrus ussuriensis (Manchurian pear), and the western domestic pear, brought together by travelers along the Silk Road.[3] It is used as rootstock for cultivated pears, and the fruit are collected and eaten by local people.[4]
References

Acta Phytotax. Sin. 8: 233 (1963)
"Pyrus xerophila T.T.Yu". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
Jiang, Shuang; Zheng, Xiaoyan; Yu, Peiyuan; Yue, Xiaoyan; Ahmed, Maqsood; Cai, Danying; Teng, Yuanwen (2016). "Primitive Genepools of Asian Pears and Their Complex Hybrid Origins Inferred from Fluorescent Sequence-Specific Amplification Polymorphism (SSAP) Markers Based on LTR Retrotransposons". PLOS ONE. 11 (2): e0149192. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1149192J. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0149192. PMC 4752223. PMID 26871452.
Kang, Yongxiang; Łuczaj, Łukasz; Kang, Jin; Wang, Fu; Hou, Jiaojiao; Guo, Quanping (2014). "Wild food plants used by the Tibetans of Gongba Valley (Zhouqu county, Gansu, China)". Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 10: 20. doi:10.1186/1746-4269-10-20. PMC 3933068. PMID 24502461. S2CID 15661862.