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pears
Pyrus
Pears are a genus of trees, Pyrus , in the family Rosaceae, that bear an edible apple-like fruit of the same name. Several species of pears are cultivated for their fruit and juices, while others are grown as ornamental flowering trees.
Pear trees are mostly medium to small-sized, though some grow as shrubs. They grow in temperate regions, being native to Asia and distributed across Europe and the mountains of North Africa. The wood of pear trees is a preferred material in the manufacture of high-quality woodwind instruments and furniture.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Callery pear
speciesPyrus calleryana
Common Pear
speciesPyrus communis
Almond-leaved pear
speciesPyrus spinosa
Iberian Wild Pear Tree
speciesPyrus bourgaeana
Asian Pear
speciesPyrus pyrifolia
Plymouth Pear
speciesPyrus cordata
Oleaster-leaved Pear
speciesPyrus elaeagrifolia
Willow-leaved Pear
speciesPyrus salicifolia
Ussurian pear
speciesPyrus ussuriensis
Syrian Pear
speciesPyrus syriaca
Himalayan Pear
speciesPyrus pashia
Birch-leaved Pear
speciesPyrus betulifolia
Snow Pear
speciesPyrus nivalis
Pyrus regelii
speciesPyrus regelii
Ya pear
speciesPyrus bretschneideri
Pyrus phaeocarpa
speciesPyrus phaeocarpa
Pyrus boissieriana
speciesPyrus boissieriana
Bukharan Pear
speciesPyrus korshinskyi
Pyrus georgica
speciesPyrus georgica
Pyrus lindleyi
speciesPyrus lindleyi
serrulate pear
speciesPyrus neoserrulata
Hayastanyan Pear
speciesPyrus hajastana
Pyrus grossheimii
speciesPyrus grossheimii
Pyrus turcomanica
speciesPyrus turcomanica
Pyrus × michauxii
hybridPyrus × michauxii
Pyrus hopeiensis
speciesPyrus hopeiensis
Pyrus cossonii
speciesPyrus cossonii
Pyrus × sinkiangensis
hybridPyrus × sinkiangensis
Teodorov's Pear
speciesPyrus theodorovii
Pyrus oxyprion
speciesPyrus oxyprion
Pyrus fedorovii
speciesPyrus fedorovii
Pyrus hyrcana
speciesPyrus hyrcana
Pyrus xerophila
speciesPyrus xerophila
Pyrus balansae
speciesPyrus balansae
Austrian Pear
speciesPyrus austriaca
Pyrus castribonensis
speciesPyrus castribonensis
Pyrus domestica
speciesPyrus domestica
Pyrus zhaoxuanii
speciesPyrus zhaoxuanii
Pyrus cajon
speciesPyrus cajon
Pyrus pulcherrima
speciesPyrus pulcherrima
Pyrus tadshikistanica
speciesPyrus tadshikistanica
Pyrus medvedevii
speciesPyrus medvedevii
Pyrus kunoriana
speciesPyrus kunoriana
Pyrus sicanorum
speciesPyrus sicanorum
Pyrus glabra
speciesPyrus glabra
Pyrus pseudopashia
speciesPyrus pseudopashia
Pyrus gharbiana
speciesPyrus gharbiana
Pyrus × babadagensis
hybridPyrus × babadagensis
Pyrus × bardoensis
hybridPyrus × bardoensis
Pyrus × jordanovii
hybridPyrus × jordanovii
Pyrus × vavilovii
hybridPyrus × vavilovii
Pyrus ketzkhovelii
speciesPyrus ketzkhovelii
Brovich's Pear
speciesPyrus browiczii
Sosnovsky's Pear
speciesPyrus sosnovskyi
Tamamshyan's Pear
speciesPyrus tamamschiannae
Khosrovian Pear
speciesPyrus chosrovica
Daralagezian Pear
speciesPyrus daralagezi
Pyrus eldarica
speciesPyrus eldarica
Pyrus demetrii
speciesPyrus demetrii
Pyrus sachokiana
speciesPyrus sachokiana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Latium
Athanasius Kircher · 1671 · p.159
The one primeval language traced experimentally through ancient inscriptions in alphabetic characters of lost powers from the four continents
Forster, Charles · 1852 · p.147
Stirpium adversaria nova
Matthias de Lobel · 1571 · p.60
History of Monsters
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1642 · p.932
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.329
The Plants of Egypt
Prospero Alpini · 1592 · p.105
History of Monsters
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1642 · p.727
Elements of Botany
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort · 1719 · p.155
The Pagan World and the Origin of its Gods
Herold, Johann · 1554 · p.824
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.54
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.345
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 58736.