Details for: PI 660803, Mespilus germanica L., M. germanica ARM-02-118 - Dilijan NP

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Mespilus germanica L.

Top Name:

M. germanica ARM-02-118 - Dilijan NP

Origin:

Collected – Armenia

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

11 Dec 2002

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Mespilus germanica L.

Top Name:

M. germanica ARM-02-118 - Dilijan NP

Origin:

Collected – Armenia

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

11 Dec 2002

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Collected

07 September 2002.
Armenia
Locality: Dilijan National Park, Tavush province.
Coordinates: 40.6631, 45.0050 (Map it)
Elevation: 1663m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/lon determined by GPS
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Sunny opening in mature forest of Quercus macrantera, Fagus orientalis and Carpinus betulus.
Comment: Tree- small, multi-stemmed 5m; Fruit- Green with red blush. After frost tannins reduced and fruit becomes edible.
Collector(s):

Donated

11 December 2002.
Oregon, United States

Donor(s):

Postman, Joseph, USDA-ARS

Accession Names and Identifiers

M. germanica ARM-02-118 - Dilijan NP

Type: Site identifier

Group: SPECIES

accession preserved for genes

CMES 37

Type: Site identifier

Group: LOCAL

Corvallis local number

ARM-02-118

Type: Collector identifier

Group: OTHERNUM

other identifier

Meyer, Paul The University of Pennsylvania

Narrative

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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