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Pyrus bourgaeana - Infructescence - Click to enlarge!

Infructescence; Baiona, Alentejo, Portugal; 8/2007 © Jörn Germer

Pyrus bourgaeana - Leaves and fruits - Click to enlarge!

Leaves and fruits; Baiona, Alentejo, Portugal; 8/2007 © Jörn Germer

Pyrus bourgaeana - Fruit cross section - Click to enlarge!

Fruit cross section; Baiona, Alentejo, Portugal; 8/2007 © Jörn Germer

Pyrus bourgaeana - Twig with thorn-like tip - Click to enlarge!

Twig with thorn-like tip; Baiona, Alentejo, Portugal; 8/2007 © Jörn Germer

Pyrus bourgaeana - Branch with fruits - Click to enlarge!

Branch with fruits; Baiona, Alentejo, Portugal; 8/2007 © Jörn Germer

Pyrus bourgaeana - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Baiona, Alentejo, Portugal; 8/2007 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 631
Date of entry: 17.08.2007
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Wild Pear

German: Iberische Birne

Portuguese: Cachapirro, Pereira-brava

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Rosales (124)

        Family: Rosaceae (60)(family description)

          Genus: Pyrus (4)

            Epithet: bourgaeana Decne. (1)

bourgaeana => in honor of Eugene Bourgeau (1813-1877), French botanical collector

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub, tree

Flower colour: white

External links

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