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Details for: CPYR 2896,
Pyrus communis
L., 'Meghratandz'
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Pyrus communis
L.
Cultivar:
'Meghratandz'
Origin:
Collected – Armenia
Maintained:
National Clonal Germplasm Repository
Received by NPGS:
26 Oct 2006
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Cutting
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Pyrus communis
L.
Cultivar:
'Meghratandz'
Origin:
Collected – Armenia
Maintained:
National Clonal Germplasm Repository
Received by NPGS:
26 Oct 2006
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Cutting
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Source History
Collected
07 October 2006.
Armenia
Locality:
Syunik Chanachi Forest near Norashenik.
Coordinates:
39.2893, 46.3368
(Map it)
Elevation:
1149m.
Georeference protocol:
Lat/lon determined by GPS
Habitat:
Wild Habitat
Comment:
Very old (perhaps 200 years) grafted tree, between village and forest. Landrace tree used by local people - possibly selection from wild with larger and sweeter fruit than wild P. caucasica.
Collector(s):
Nersesyan, Anush, Institute of Botany, Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Postman, Joseph, USDA-ARS
Stover, Ed, USDA, ARS
Donated
26 October 2006.
Oregon, United States
Donor(s):
Postman, Joseph, USDA-ARS
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Meghratandz'
Type: Cultivar name
AM-2006-207
Type: Collector identifier
CPYR 2896
Type: Site identifier
Group: LOCAL
Corvallis local number
EUROPEAN CULTIVAR
Type: Site identifier
Group: CROPTYPE
Honey Pear
Type: Duplicate accession name
JP 0906
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
Exploration ID links
Narrative
Chanachi Forest near Norashenik. Very old (perhaps 200 years) grafted tree, between village and forest. Landrace tree used by local people - possibly selection from wild with larger and sweeter fruit than wild P. caucasica.
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
Alternate 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.
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