Details for: PI 654936, Pyrus communis L., 'Bessemianka'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Pyrus communis L.
Cultivar:
'Bessemianka'
Origin:
Collected – Russian Federation
Received by NPGS:
13 Jan 1988
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Cutting
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Pyrus communis L.
Cultivar:
'Bessemianka'
Origin:
Collected – Russian Federation
Received by NPGS:
13 Jan 1988
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Cutting
Source History
Collected

Former, Soviet Union

Developed
1879.
Russian Federation

Donated
13 January 1988.
Russian Federation

Donor(s):
18 March 1999.
Maryland, United States

Accession Names and Identifiers
'Bessemianka'
Type: Cultivar name

CPYR 2706
Type: Site identifier
Group: LOCAL
Corvallis local number

Q 27066
Type: Quarantine identifier

VIR 2669
Type: Donor identifier

C-20021
Type: Other or unclassified name

BE-1634
Type: Other or unclassified name

EUROPEAN CULTIVAR
Type: Site identifier
Group: CROPTYPE

Narrative
Introduced from Russia in 1879. Synonyms: Bessimianka, No. 508, Samenlose, Seedless. -- W.H. Ragan, Nomenclature of the Pear, 1908.

The word 'Besi' or 'Bezy' is of Breton origin and signifies a wild pear. -- U. P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York, 1921.

'Bessimianka' is Russian for 'seedless' - J. Postman, 2006

Pyrus communis L.
Genus:
Pyrus
Section:
Pyrus
Family:
Rosaceae
Subfamily:
Amygdaloideae
Tribe:
Maleae
Subtribe:
Malinae
Nomen number:

30474
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:479, 2:1200. 1753
Comment:
probably of hybrid origin
Verified:
07/07/2011 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Pyrus communis L. subsp. caucasica (Fed.) Browicz (77 active accession[s])
Pyrus communis L. subsp. communis (39 active accession[s])
Pyrus communis L. subsp. pyraster (L.) Ehrh. (113 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Pyrus asiae-mediae (Popov) Maleev
Pyrus balansae Decne.
Pyrus bourgaeana Decne.
Pyrus communis L. subsp. bourgaeana (Decne.) Nyman
Pyrus communis L. var. mariana Willk.
Pyrus domestica Medik.
Pyrus elata Rubtzov
Pyrus medvedevii Rubtzov

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishpear  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Frenchpoirier  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanBirnbaum  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanBirne  2Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names
GermanBirnenbaum  2Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names
Italianpera  2Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Italianpero  2Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Japanese Rōmajiseiyō-nashi  2Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Portuguesepereira  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishpera  2Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Spanishperal  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishpäron  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinesexi yang li as Pyrus communis var. sativa2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Pyrus communis var. sativa
Transcribed Koreanbyeongbaenamu  2Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:122.
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Pathogens
Graft indexed
  • Viroid. GRAFTED 18 May 1992. Inventory: Q 27066 BD
  • Super Star. GRAFTED 22 May 1992. Inventory: Q 27066 BD
  • Virginia Crab. GRAFTED 23 Mar 1992. Inventory: Q 27066 BD
  • Nouveau poiteau. GRAFTED 18 May 1992. Inventory: Q 27066 BD
  • Beurre Hardy. GRAFTED 18 May 1992. Inventory: Q 27066 BD
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Pedigree
Description:
Unknown

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
CYTOLOGICPLOIDY LEVELNumber of sets of chromosomes.2x - diploid PYRUS.PLOIDY.2012CPYR 2706 .001 PLNot Available
DISEASEFRUIT_SCABRATING OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY FRUIT SCAB0 - 0 (No Fruit to assess) PYRUS.CORVALLIS.2005.FRUITSCABCPYR 2706 .001 PLNot Available