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Internal ID UUID64403f64dee27337357163
Scientific name Pyrus spinosa
Authority Forssk.
First published in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. : 211 (1775)

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Pyrus parviflora Desf. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 12: 52 (1808)
Pyrus nivalis Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 18: t. 1484. 1832
Pyrus persica Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 40 (1806)
Pyrus amygdaliformis var. cuneifolia Diap. ; 1933 40, t.141 1933
Pyrus oblongifolia Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 2: 128 (1834)
Pyrus eriopleura Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. : 630 (1832)
Pyrus amygdaloides Link Handbuch [Link] 2: 80, sphalm. 1831
Malus heterophylla Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 2: 138 (1834)
Pyrus spinosa var. diapulidis Dostálek Preslia 51: 32 (1979)
Pyrus spinosa var. microphylla (Decne.) Browicz Arbor. Kórnickie 22: 313 (1977)
Pyrus spinosa var. oblongifolia (Spach) Dostálek Preslia 51: 32 (1979)
Pyrus spinosa var. sinaica (Dum.Cours.) Dostálek Preslia 51: 32 (1979)
Crataegus amygdaliformis (Vill.) Chalon Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 7: 174 (1868)
Pyrus heterophylla (Spach) Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 423.
Pyrus sicula Tineo Cat. Pl. Hort. Panorm. : 208 (1827)
Pyrus cuneifolia Guss. Pl. Rar. 202.
Pyrus amygdaliformis Vill. Cat. Jard. Pl. Strasbourg : 323 (1807)
Pyrus sinaica Thouin Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 1: 170 (1815)
Pyrus spinosa f. lobata (Decne.) Dostálek Preslia 51: 33 (1979)
Pyrus amygdaliformis unranked castrovillarensis N.Terracc. Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 4: 106 (1891)
Pyrus amygdaliformis unranked crassipes N.Terracc. Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 4: 106 (1891)
Pyrus amygdaliformis unranked inaequalis N.Terracc. Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 4: 106 (1891)
Pyrus amygdaliformis var. lanceolata Diap. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 34: 41 (1933)
Pyrus amygdaliformis unranked latifolius N.Terracc. Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 4: 106 (1891)
Pyrus amygdaliformis var. triloba Bornm. Bot. Centralbl. 36: 59 (1888)
Pyrus amygdaliformis var. verrucosa N.Terracc. Atti Real Ist. Incoragg. Sci. Nat. Napoli 4(3): 2 (1885)
Pyrus cuneifolia var. rotundata N.Terracc. Atti Real Ist. Incoragg. Sci. Nat. Napoli 4(3): 3 (1885)
Pyrus parviflora var. brachyclada Decne. Jard. Fruit. 1: 314 (1871)
Pyrus parviflora var. lobata Decne. Jard. Fruit. 1: 314 (1871)
Pyrus parviflora var. microphylla Decne. Jard. Fruit. 1: 314 (1871)
Pyrus amygdaliformis var. eriopleura (Rchb.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. : 241 (1879)
Pyrus amygdaliformis var. heterophylla (Spach) Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 363 (1893)
Pyrus amygdaliformis var. lobata (Decne.) Koehne Dendrologie 1: 244 (1893)
Pyrus amygdaliformis var. microphylla (Decne.) Diap. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 34: 40 (1933)
Pyrus amygdaliformis var. oblongifolia (Spach) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. : 241 (1879)
Pyrus amygdaliformis var. persica (Pers.) Bornm. Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 60: 110 (1910)
Pyrus amygdaliformis var. sinaica (Dum.Cours.) Diap. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 34: 40 (1933)
Pyrus communis var. amygdaliformis (Vill.) Fiori Fl. Anal. Italia 1: 599 (1898)
Pyrus parviflora unranked amygdaliformis (Vill.) Decne. Jard. Fruit. 1: t. 13 (1871)
Pyrus parviflora var. cuneifolia (Guss.) Decne. Jard. Fruit. 1: 314 (1871)
Pyrus parviflora unranked pyraina (Raf.) Decne. Jard. Fruit. 1: 314 (1871)
Pyrus salviifolia var. amygdaliformis (Vill.) Griseb. Spic. Fl. Rumel. 1: 92 (1843)
Pyrus amygdaliformis subvar. parviflora (Desf.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 2: 241 (1879)
Pyrus salicifolia var. amygdaliformis (Vill.) Griseb. Spic. Fl. Rumel. 1: 92 (1843)
Pyrus salicifolia var. parviflora (Desf.) Griseb. Spic. Fl. Rumel. 1: 92 (1843)
Pyrus amygdaliformis var. cuneifolia Bean Trees & Shrubs Brit. Isles 2: 273 (1914)
Pyrus amygdaliformis f. triloba (Bornm.) Diap. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 34: 40 (1933)
Pyrus communis subsp. amygdaliformis (Vill.) Braun-Blanq. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 21: 35 (1919)
Pyrus pyraina Raf. Specchio Sci. 2: 173 (1814)
Pyrus amygdaliformis var. parviflora (Desf.) Hayek Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 30(1): 750 (1927)
Pyrus parviflora var. amygdaliformis (Vill.) Decne. Jard. Fruit. 1: 314, 315 (1872)

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Language Common/alternative name
English almond-leaved pear
Spanish peral de hojas de almendro
Arabic كمثرى شوكي
Bulgarian бадемолистна круша
Bulgarian бадемовидна круша
Catalan perelloner de fulla estreta
Catalan perelloner
Greek αγριαχλαδιά
Greek Γκορτσιά
Persian گلابی برگبادامی
Macedonian горница
scn pràinu
scn pràniu
scn praniu
scn prainu
scn piràinu (pyrus amygdaliformis)
Slovenian mandljevolistna hruška
Thai สาลี่ใบอัลมอนด์

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  • Europe
    • Middle Europe
      • Hungary
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Sicilia
      • Turkey-in-Europe
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Corse
      • France
      • Sardegna
      • Spain

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000998826
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:730661-1
The Plant List rjp-3248
Open Tree Of Life 534750
NCBI Taxonomy 470518
NBN Atlas NHMSYS0000462197
IPNI 730661-1
GBIF 5362729
USDA GRIN 70533
INPN 116610
Flora of Italy 2169
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:731262-1
Open Tree Of Life 777818
Observations.org 719750
NCBI Taxonomy 1143245
IUCN Red List 173015
IPNI 731262-1
iNaturalist 335885
GBIF 5362560
Freebase /m/0r8cv97
EPPO PYUSP
Elurikkus 528683
USDA GRIN 448614
Wikipedia Pyrus_spinosa
PFAF Pyrus amygdaliformis

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Viroids of the Mediterranean Basin Kaponi M, Kyriakopoulou PE, Hadidi A Viruses 15-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11053799
doi:10.3390/v16040612
PMID:38675953
Viroids of the Mediterranean Basin Kaponi M, Kyriakopoulou PE, Hadidi A Viruses 15-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11053799
doi:10.3390/v16040612
PMID:38675953
Wild Edible Plants Used in Dalmatian Zagora (Croatia) Ninčević Runjić T, Jug-Dujaković M, Runjić M, Łuczaj Ł Plants (Basel) 11-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11053949
doi:10.3390/plants13081079
PMID:38674488
Traditional Use of Wild Edible Plants in Slovenia: A Field Study and an Ethnobotanical Literature Review Papež Kristanc A, Kreft S, Strgulc Krajšek S, Kristanc L Plants (Basel) 24-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10934440
doi:10.3390/plants13050621
PMID:38475472
Main Habitat Factors Driving the Phenotypic Diversity of Litsea cubeba in China Liao G, Ning X, Yang Y, Wang Z, Fan G, Wang X, Fu D, Liu J, Tang M, Chen S, Wang J Plants (Basel) 06-Nov-2023
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PMID:37960137
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PMCID:PMC10602594
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PMID:37792900
Polymeric Systems for the Controlled Release of Flavonoids Pecorini G, Ferraro E, Puppi D Pharmaceutics 13-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9964149
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PMID:36839955
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PMCID:PMC10107860
doi:10.1111/nph.18636
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Arbutin: Occurrence in Plants, and Its Potential as an Anticancer Agent Nahar L, Al-Groshi A, Kumar A, Sarker SD Molecules 11-Dec-2022
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doi:10.3390/molecules27248786
PMID:36557918
On the early identification and characterization of pear blister canker viroid, apple dimple fruit viroid, peach latent mosaic viroid and chrysanthemum chlorotic mottle viroid Navarro B, Ambrós S, Serio FD, Hernández C Virus Res 24-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC10194241
doi:10.1016/j.virusres.2022.199012
PMID:36436691
Biodiversity in Urban Areas: The Extraordinary Case of Appia Antica Regional Park (Rome, Italy) Iamonico D Plants (Basel) 15-Aug-2022
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doi:10.3390/plants11162122
PMID:36015425
Medicinal Plants Used Traditionally for Skin Related Problems in the South Balkan and East Mediterranean Region—A Review Tsioutsiou EE, Amountzias V, Vontzalidou A, Dina E, Stevanović ZD, Cheilari A, Aligiannis N Front Pharmacol 05-Jul-2022
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PMID:35865952
Diet Selection by the Italian Hare (Lepus corsicanus de Winton, 1898) in Two Protected Coastal Areas of Latium Freschi P, Fascetti S, Riga F, Rizzardini G, Fortebraccio M, Ragni M, Paolino R, Cosentino C Animals (Basel) 09-Mar-2022
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PMID:35327084
Phenotypic Variation in European Wild Pear (Pyrus pyraster (L.) Burgsd.) Populations in the North-Western Part of the Balkan Peninsula Vidaković A, Šatović Z, Tumpa K, Idžojtić M, Liber Z, Pintar V, Radunić M, Runjić TN, Runjić M, Rošin J, Gaunt D, Poljak I Plants (Basel) 27-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC8837925
doi:10.3390/plants11030335
PMID:35161316
Divergence of Ethnobotanical Knowledge of Slovenians on the Edge of the Mediterranean as a Result of Historical, Geographical and Cultural Drivers Vitasović-Kosić I, Kaligarič M, Juračak J Plants (Basel) 01-Oct-2021
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