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Pyrus boissieriana

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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
Buhse
Synonyms
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    • 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. In its native locales it is cultivated as a rootstock for domestic pears.

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.

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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