Details for: PI 660797, Mespilus germanica L., 'Macrocarpa'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Mespilus germanica L.

Cultivar:

'Macrocarpa'

Origin:

Collected –

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

15 Feb 1991

Improvement Status:

Cultivated material

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Mespilus germanica L.

Cultivar:

'Macrocarpa'

Origin:

Collected –

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

15 Feb 1991

Improvement Status:

Cultivated material

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Collected

Collector(s):

Postman, Joseph, USDA-ARS

Donated

15 February 1991.
Oregon, United States
Comment: Scionwood collected from Washington Park Arboretum and received at NCGR-Corvallis
Donor(s):

Postman, Joseph, USDA-ARS

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Macrocarpa'

Type: Cultivar name

Group: CULTIVAR

CMES 28

Type: Site identifier

Group: LOCAL

Corvallis local number

Narrative

Scions collected at Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle in February, 1991.

Washington Park Arboretum accession number 559-57 - Mespilus germanica 'Macrocarpa' - received from Prentice Nursery and Decorating Co., 9252 E. Marginal Way, Seattle, Washington. -- Information from Randall C. Hitchin, Living Collections Manager, University of Washington Botanic Gardens, January 2006

Mespilus germanica L.

Genus:

Mespilus

Family:

Rosaceae

Subfamily:

Amygdaloideae

Tribe:

Maleae

Subtribe:

Malinae

Nomen number:

24182

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:478. 1753

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

11/06/1985 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Pyrus germanica (L.) Hook. f.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	medlar	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French	néflier	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	deutsche Mispel	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Mispel	2	Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names
German	Mispelbaum	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese	nespereira	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	níspero común	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	níspero europeo	2	Burkart, A. E., ed. 1969-. Flora ilustrada de Entre Rios.
Swedish	mispel	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

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