Details for: PI 691234, Pyrus communis L., 'Diana'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Pyrus communis L.

Cultivar:

'Diana'

Origin:

Donated – Czechoslovakia

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

26 Jan 1989

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Availability

This accession is not available. Contact site for status.

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Pyrus communis L.

Cultivar:

'Diana'

Origin:

Donated – Czechoslovakia

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

26 Jan 1989

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Donated

26 January 1989.
Czechoslovakia

Donor(s):

Rehak, V., Research & Breeding Inst.of Pomology

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Diana'

Type: Cultivar name

TE-54-36-10

Type: Developer identifier

CPYR 2873

Type: Site identifier

Group: LOCAL

Corvallis local number

Q 27593

Type: Quarantine identifier

T27593-A4B

Type: Quarantine identifier

quarantine release inventory number

BE-2163

Type: Quarantine identifier

EUROPEAN CULTIVAR

Type: Site identifier

Group: CROPTYPE

Narrative

Diana is a fine, table, early autumn variety with attractive, medium to large fruit with very good agronomical features. A cross of Conference x Nordhausener, evaluated as selection TE-54-36-10, from the Fruit Breeding Station in Techobuzice, Czech Republic. Fruit harvest date is early to late September and consumption period is mid September to early October. Can be stored in cellar until late October. Fruit shape is similar to the Conference parent, but skin is smooth and glossy with no russetting. Skin is green to yellow with 30 percent red blush. Flesh is white, crisp, sweet, mild flavor, crisp and juicy. Tree similar to Conference, medium vigor, easliy trained. Production similar to Conference. -- J. Bouma. 1988. Acta Horticulturae 224:257-261.

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

Protologue link:

https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358498

Comment:

probably of hybrid origin

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

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

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	pear		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French	poirier		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Birnbaum		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Birne		2	Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names
German	Birnenbaum		2	Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names
Italian	pera		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Italian	pero		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Japanese Rōmaji	seiyō-nashi		2	Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Portuguese	pereira		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	pera		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Spanish	peral		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	päron		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese	xi yang li	as Pyrus communis var. sativa	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Pyrus communis var. sativa
Transcribed Korean	byeongbaenamu		2	Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:122.

Annotations

Taxonomic Re-Identification: 03 May 2012, from Pyrus spp. to Pyrus communis L.

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Inventory	Availability
CYTOLOGIC	PLOIDY LEVEL	Number of sets of chromosomes.	2x - diploid		PYRUS.PLOIDY.2012	CPYR 2873 .001 PL	Not Available