Details for: NA 87341, Mespilus germanica L., 'Monstrueuse d'Evreinoff'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Mespilus germanica L.

Cultivar:

'Monstrueuse d'Evreinoff'

Origin:

Donated –

Maintained:

National Arboretum

Received by NPGS:

01 Apr 2022

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Life Habit:

Tree

Availability

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National Arboretum

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Mespilus germanica L.

Cultivar:

'Monstrueuse d'Evreinoff'

Origin:

Donated –

Maintained:

National Arboretum

Received by NPGS:

01 Apr 2022

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Donated

22 March 1991.
Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Comment: Scionwood received from Wertheim
Donor(s):

Wertheim, Stephen J., Proefstation Voor De Fruitteel

PRE 2022.
Oregon, United States
Comment: Acquired from NCGR-Corvallis (USDA-ARS)
Donor(s):

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

01 April 2022.
New York, United States

Donor(s):

Quealy, Gerit

01 April 2022.
Washington, United States
Comment: Purchased from nursery by donor G. Quealy; material was sent directly to USNA
Donor(s):

Raintree Nursery

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Monstrueuse d'Evreinoff'

Type: Cultivar name

NA 87341

Type: Site identifier

Group: NA

U.S. National Arboretum

PI 660794

Type: Institute identifier

USDA, ARS

CMES 25

Type: Site identifier

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Narrative

Full name as recorded at the U.S. National Arboretum: Mespilus germanica 'Monstrueuse d'Evreinoff'. Received as Mespilus germanica 'Sultan'. Plants donated by Gerit Quealy, Shakespeare expert and author of the book _Botanical Shakespeare_. Gerit’s favorite Shakespearian botanical reference is medlar, because ''it is a fruit fraught with metaphor.'' Grafted plants purchased by the donor from Raintree Nursery were sent directly from the nursery, whose listing indicates that their material was obtained from the USDA's National Clonal Germplasm Repository in Corvallis, Oregon. Further record details were obtained from the record of PI-660794 (CMES 25). Corvallis received its initial scionwood of the cultivar in March 1991 from Dr. Stephen J. Wertheim of Profstation voor de Fruitteel in the Netherlands. Plants of NA 87341 were received grafted onto OHxF87 (semi-dwarf, although the dwarfing effects on already-small medlar might not be the same as for pear) rootstock. According to a USDA genetic study, 'Sultan' is indistinguishable from and a synonym of 'Monstrueuse d'Evreinoff'. See: K. Schaeffer et al. GENETIC DIVERSITY OF MEDLAR (MESPILUS GERMANICA) GERMPLASM USING MICROSATELLITE MARKERS. ISHS Acta Horticulturae 1094, September 2015: XII International Pear Symposium. -SBL

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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