| Pyrus xerophila | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Pyrus |
| Species: | P. xerophila |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrus xerophila T.T.Yu | |
Pyrus xerophila is a species of flowering plant in the genus Pyrus found in China. It is a probable hybrid species resulting from crosses between Pyrus pashia (Himalayan pear), Pyrus ussuriensis (Manchurian pear), and the western domestic pear, brought together by travelers along the Silk Road. It is used as rootstock for cultivated pears, and the fruit are collected and eaten by local people.
References
- Acta Phytotax. Sin. 8: 233 (1963)
- "Pyrus xerophila T.T.Yu". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- Jiang, Shuang; Zheng, Xiaoyan; Yu, Peiyuan; Yue, Xiaoyan; Ahmed, Maqsood; Cai, Danying; Teng, Yuanwen (2016). "Primitive Genepools of Asian Pears and Their Complex Hybrid Origins Inferred from Fluorescent Sequence-Specific Amplification Polymorphism (SSAP) Markers Based on LTR Retrotransposons". PLOS ONE. 11 (2): e0149192. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1149192J. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0149192. PMC 4752223. PMID 26871452.
- Kang, Yongxiang; Łuczaj, Łukasz; Kang, Jin; Wang, Fu; Hou, Jiaojiao; Guo, Quanping (2014). "Wild food plants used by the Tibetans of Gongba Valley (Zhouqu county, Gansu, China)". Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 10: 20. doi:10.1186/1746-4269-10-20. PMC 3933068. PMID 24502461. S2CID 15661862.
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