Taxonomy

• Kingdom: Plantae
• Clade: Tracheophytes
• Clade: Angiosperms
• Clade: Eudicots
• Clade: Superrosids
• Clade: Rosids
• Clade: Fabids
• Order: Rosales
• Family: Rosaceae
• Subfamily: Amygdaloideae
• Tribe: Pyreae
• Subtribe: Pyrinae
• Genus: Pyrus
• Species: Pyrus communis subsp. pyraster

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

• Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
• Red List (Global): LC Least Concern

Notes

Subspecies with small fruits (⌀ ≤ 35 mm) and thorny spurs. Sometimes treated at species level under the name P. pyraster (L.) Burgsd., 1787.

The distinction between the two (sub)species does not appear to be valid, and it is possible to encounter in the same areas both type communis individuals with relatively large pear-shaped fruits, and type pyraster individuals with small, round fruits.

Photographs

Sources

• Kell, S.P. (2011). Pyrus communis (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2011. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/173010/6957056

• Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 996). Biotope.