Pyrus communis

Common Pear

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Species group: Plants

Data Sources

Classification

Kingdom:

Plantae

Phylum:

Anthophyta

Class:

Dicotyledoneae

Order:

Rosales

Family:

Rosaceae

Genus:

Pyrus

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Comprehensive Description
Distribution
Associations
Molecular Biology
Conservation Status
Management

Comprehensive Description

Miscellaneous Details

"Notes: Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats, Cultivated, Native of Eurasia"

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Distribution

"Maharashtra: Satara Karnataka: Chikmagalur Kerala: Idukki Tamil Nadu: Dindigul, Salem"

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Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Pyrus communis L.:
Canada (North America)
El Salvador (Mesoamerica)
Guatemala (Mesoamerica)
Honduras (Mesoamerica)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
United States (North America)
Colombia (South America)
Bolivia (South America)
Ecuador (South America)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

References:

Jørgensen, P. M. & C. Ulloa Ulloa. 1994. Seed plants of the high Andes of Ecuador---A checklist. AAU Rep. 34: 1–443.
Killeen, T. J., E. García Estigarribia & S. G. Beck. (eds.) 1993. Guia Arb. Bolivia 1–958. Herbario Nacional de Bolivia & Missouri Botanical Garden, La Paz.
Anonymous. 1986. List-Based Rec., Soil Conserv. Serv., U.S.D.A. Database of the U.S.D.A., Beltsville.
Voss, E. G. 1985. Michigan Flora. Part II Dicots (Saururaceae-Cornaceae). Bull. Cranbrook Inst. Sci. 59. xix + 724.
Molina Rosito, A. 1975. Enumeración de las plantas de Honduras. Ceiba 19(1): 1–118.
Linares, J. L. 2003 [2005]. Listado comentado de los árboles nativos y cultivados en la república de El Salvador. Ceiba 44(2): 105–268.
Gleason, H. A. 1968. The Choripetalous Dicotyledoneae. vol. 2. 655 pp. In H. A. Gleason Ill. Fl. N. U.S. (ed. 3). New York Botanical Garden, New York.
Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez. (eds.) 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75: i–viii, 1–1181.
Breedlove, D. E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Floríst. México 4: i–v, 1–246.
Radford, A. E., H. E. Ahles & C. R. Bell. 1968. Man. Vasc. Fl. Carolinas i–lxi, 1–1183. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill.
Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Man. Vasc. Pl. Texas i–xv, 1–1881. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson.
Small, J. K. 1933. Man. S.E. Fl. i–xxii, 1–1554. Published by the Author, New York.
Munz, P. A. 1974. Fl. S. Calif. 1–1086. University of California Press, Berkeley.
Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. 2011. Flora de Antioquia. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares, vol. 2. Listado de las Plantas Vasculares del Departamento de Antioquia. Pp. 1-939.
Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946. Rosaceae. En: Standley, P.C. & J.A. Steyermark (eds.), Flora of Guatemala - Part IV. Fieldiana, Bot. 24(4): 432–484.

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National Distribution

Canada

Origin: Exotic

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

United States

Origin: Exotic

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

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Associations

Foodplant / gall
Agrobacterium tumefaciens causes gall of stem (esp. base) of Pyrus communis sens. str.

Foodplant / pathogen
Apple Robbery Wood phytoplasma infects and damages live Pyrus communis sens. str.

In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Foodplant / spot causer
black pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph of Ascochyta pirina causes spots on fruit of Pyrus communis sens. str.

Foodplant / open feeder
epiphyllous, colonial Bryobia grazes on live leaf of Pyrus communis sens. str.

Foodplant / pathogen
basidiome of Chondrostereum purpureum infects and damages trunk of Pyrus communis sens. str.
Other: unusual host/prey

Foodplant / saprobe
long covered, but eventually erumpent through fissure pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph of Diaporthe eres is saprobic on dead twig of Pyrus communis sens. str.

Foodplant / spot causer
epiphyllous, subcuticular acervulus of Entomosporium coelomycetous anamorph of Diplocarpon mespili causes spots on live leaf of Pyrus communis sens. str.
Other: unusual host/prey

Foodplant / sap sucker
Dysaphis pyri sucks sap of live, curled, discoloured leaf of Pyrus communis sens. str.
Remarks: season: early spring-7, autumn-

Foodplant / pathogen
Erwinia amylovora infects and damages dead, brown-black, wrinkled fruit of Pyrus communis sens. str.

Foodplant / pathogen
Gibberella baccata infects and damages fruit of Pyrus communis sens. str.

Foodplant / spot causer
colony of Gloeodes anamorph of Gloeodes pomigena causes spots on live, sometimes dwarfed fruit of Pyrus communis sens. str.

Foodplant / pathogen
Glomerella cingulata infects and damages fruit of Pyrus communis sens. str.
Other: major host/prey

Foodplant / parasite
epiphyllous pycnium of Gymnosporangium asiaticum parasitises live leaf of Pyrus communis sens. str.

Foodplant / gall
hypophyllous aecium of Gymnosporangium clavariiforme causes gall of live leaf of Pyrus communis sens. str.
Remarks: season: 7-9+
Other: minor host/prey

Plant / resting place / within
ovum of Hoplocampa brevis may be found in ovary of Pyrus communis sens. str.
Other: sole host/prey

Foodplant / pathogen
Monilinia fructigena infects and damages live, brown-rotten fruit of Pyrus communis sens. str.

Foodplant / pathogen
Monilinia laxa infects and damages live, wilted flower of Pyrus communis sens. str.

Foodplant / saprobe
Mucor piriformis is saprobic on rotting fruit of Pyrus communis sens. str.

Foodplant / spot causer
amphigenous, erumpent pseudothecium of Mycosphaerella pyri causes spots on leaf of Pyrus communis sens. str.

Foodplant / web feeder
hypophyllous, colonial Panonychus ulmi feeds from web on live leaf of Pyrus communis sens. str.
Remarks: season: 4-

Foodplant / pathogen
colony of Penicillium dematiaceous anamorph of Penicillium expansum infects and damages soft, brown, rotten, musty-smelling fruit of Pyrus communis sens. str.
Other: major host/prey

Foodplant / sap sucker
Pentatoma rufipes sucks sap of Pyrus communis sens. str.
Other: major host/prey
minor host/prey

Foodplant / pathogen
conidioma of Phlyctema coelomycetous anamorph of Pezicula alba infects and damages fruit of Pyrus communis sens. str.
Other: minor host/prey

Foodplant / pathogen
conidioma of Cryptosporiopsis coelomycetous anamorph of Pezicula malicorticis infects and damages rotten fruit of Pyrus communis sens. str.
Other: minor host/prey

Foodplant / pathogen
scattered or clustered, immersed, then semi-immersed, finally superficial pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph of Phomopsis perniciosa infects and damages cankered fruit of Pyrus communis sens. str.

Foodplant / pathogen
Phytophthora cactorum infects and damages fallen fruit of Pyrus communis sens. str.

Foodplant / pathogen
Phytophthora syringae infects and damages fallen fruit of Pyrus communis sens. str.

Foodplant / open feeder
larva of Pristiphora abbreviata grazes on leaf of Pyrus communis sens. str.
Other: sole host/prey

Foodplant / pathogen
Pseudomonas syringae infects and damages flower of Pyrus communis sens. str.

Foodplant / sap sucker
nymph of Psylla pyricola sucks sap of fouled, sticky, mouldy leaf of Pyrus communis sens. str.

Foodplant / pathogen
Rhizopus stolonifer infects and damages fruit of Pyrus communis sens. str.

Foodplant / pathogen
Rosellinia necatrix infects and damages yellowing, prematurely falling leaf of Pyrus communis sens. str.
Other: major host/prey

Plant / resting place / on
male of Taeniothrips inconsequens may be found on live Pyrus communis sens. str.
Remarks: season: 3-6,115

Foodplant / internal feeder
larva of Xyleborus dispar feeds within live cambium of Pyrus communis sens. str.

Foodplant / internal feeder
caterpillar of Zeuzera pyrina feeds within live bud of Pyrus communis sens. str.

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Associations

In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Foodplant / pathogen
Armillaria mellea s.l. infects and damages Pyrus communis sens. lat.

Foodplant / saprobe
immersed, numerous, gregarious pycnidium of Coleophoma coelomycetous anamorph of Coleophoma cylindrospora is saprobic on dead leaf of Pyrus communis sens. lat.

Foodplant / internal feeder
caterpillar of Cydia pomonella feeds within pear of Pyrus communis sens. lat.
Other: minor host/prey

Foodplant / saprobe
thinly stromatic pycnidium of Dothiorella coelomycetous anamorph of Dothiorella pyrenophora var. mali is saprobic on dead twig of Pyrus communis sens. lat.
Remarks: season: 5,9

Foodplant / saprobe
more or less erumpent or superficial, very densely clustered, often stipitate, black stroma (pycnidial) of Fuckelia coelomycetous anamorph of Fuckelia conspicua is saprobic on bark of Pyrus communis sens. lat.
Remarks: season: autumn

Foodplant / gall
aecium of Gymnosporangium confusum causes gall of live fruit of Pyrus communis sens. lat.
Other: minor host/prey

Foodplant / parasite
pycnium of Gymnosporangium sabinae parasitises live leaf (petiole) of Pyrus communis sens. lat.

Foodplant / sap sucker
Macrosiphum rosae sucks sap of live Pyrus communis sens. lat.

Foodplant / web feeder
communal larva of Neurotoma saltuum feeds from web on leaf of Pyrus communis sens. lat.
Other: major host/prey

Foodplant / feeds on
adult of Orsodacne cerasi feeds on anther of Pyrus communis sens. lat.
Remarks: season: 4-9

Foodplant / parasite
fruitbody of Oxyporus populinus parasitises live wood of Pyrus communis sens. lat.

Foodplant / pathogen
blistered then cracking shoot (1-2 year old) of Pear Blister Canker virus infects and damages Pyrus communis sens. lat.

Foodplant / pathogen
Pear Ring Pattern Mosaic virus infects and damages pale green to yellow rings or line patterns leaf of Pyrus communis sens. lat.

Foodplant / pathogen
Pear Stony Pit virus infects and damages pitted or dimpled, woody if severely affected fruit of Pyrus communis sens. lat.

Foodplant / pathogen
Pear Vein Yellows virus infects and damages yellow banded veins with red flecking leaf (young) of Pyrus communis sens. lat.

Foodplant / parasite
Podosphaera leucotricha parasitises Pyrus communis sens. lat.
Other: minor host/prey

Foodplant / internal feeder
larva of Pogonocherus hispidulus feeds within dead twig of Pyrus communis sens. lat.

Foodplant / internal feeder
larva of Pogonocherus hispidus feeds within dead twig of Pyrus communis sens. lat.
Other: major host/prey

Foodplant / sap sucker
Rhopalosiphum insertum sucks sap of live leaf of Pyrus communis sens. lat.

Foodplant / internal feeder
larva of Rhynchites caeruleus feeds within decaying shoot of Pyrus communis sens. lat.

Foodplant / gall
infection of Taphrina bullata causes gall of live, blistered leaf of Pyrus communis sens. lat.

Foodplant / hemiparasite
haustorium of Viscum album is hemiparasitic on branch of Pyrus communis sens. lat.

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Molecular Biology

Barcode data: Pyrus communis

The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.

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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Pyrus communis

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 5
Specimens with Barcodes: 5
Species With Barcodes: 1

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Conservation Status

National NatureServe Conservation Status

Canada

Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable

United States

Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable

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NatureServe Conservation Status

Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure

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Management

These species are introduced in Switzerland.

References:

Aeschimann, D. & C. Heitz. 2005. Synonymie-Index der Schweizer Flora und der angrenzenden Gebiete (SISF). 2te Auflage. Documenta Floristicae Helvetiae N° 2. Genève.

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Classification

Other Global Common Names:

Pear - common pear

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Taxonomy:

Informal Taxonomy:

Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Rose Family

Formal Taxonomy:

Plantae - Anthophyta - Dicotyledoneae - Rosales - Rosaceae - Pyrus

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1994-03-22

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Common Pear

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Canada

United States

Associations

Associations

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Molecular Biology

Barcode data: Pyrus communis

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