Pyrus boissieriana

Pyrus boissieriana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Pyrus
Species:	P. boissieriana
Binomial name
*Pyrus boissieriana* Buhse

Pyrus boissieriana, the "Boissier Pear", is a species of Pyrus - pear native to the Kopet Dag region on the Turkmenistan and Iranian border.^[1]

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 and external links

↑ "Kopet Dag woodlands and forest steppe". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.

Pyrus

Cultivars	Abate Fetel Bosc pear Choke pear Churchland pear Conference pear D'Anjou Endicott Pear Tree Harovin Sundown Huntington pear Le Conte pear Parsonage pear Pêra Rocha Stinking Bishop pear Taylor's gold Warden pear Williams pear

Species	P. amygdaliformis P. anatolica P. armeniacifolia P. boissieriana P. bourgaeana P. calleryana P. communis P. cordata P. elaeagrifolia P. hakkiarica P. nivalis P. oxyprion P. pashia P. pyraster P. pyrifolia P. salicifolia P. serikensis P. syriaca P. ussuriensis

Natural hybrids	Pyrus × bretschneideri Pyrus × sinkiangensis

Related topics	Herefordshire Pomona List of pear diseases Perry Tottori Nijisseiki Pear Museum World Apple and Pear Association

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