Pyrus boissieriana

Pyrus boissieriana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Pyrus
Species:
P. boissieriana
Binomial name
Pyrus boissieriana
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Pyrus boissieriana subsp. crenulata Browicz
    • Pyrus cordata subsp. boissieriana (Buhse) Ugurlu & Dönmez
    • Pyrus serikensis Güner & H.Duman

Pyrus boissieriana, the Boissier pear and telka, is a species of Pyrus (pear) native to southwestern Turkey as well as the Kopet Dag region on the Turkmenistan and Iranian border.[2] In its native locales it is cultivated as a rootstock for domestic pears.[citation needed]

Pyrus boissieriana is a regional deciduous tree in the woodland which also has many different fruit trees, shrubs, and vines valuable for human use. It is named after botanist Pierre Edmond Boissier.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Pyrus boissieriana Buhse". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Kopet Dag woodlands and forest steppe". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.


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