Pyrus_boissieriana

<i>Pyrus boissieriana</i>

Pyrus boissieriana

Species of pear tree

Pyrus boissieriana, the Boissier pear and telka, is a species of Pyrus (pear) native to southwester Turkey as well as the Kopet Dag region on the Turkmenistan and Iranian border.[2] In its native locales it is cultivated as a rootstock for domestic pears.[citation needed]

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Pyrus boissieriana is a regional deciduous tree in the woodland which also has many different fruit trees, shrubs, and vines valuable for human use. It is named after botanist Pierre Edmond Boissier.[citation needed]

References

  1. [1]
    "Pyrus boissieriana Buhse". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Kopet Dag woodlands and forest steppe". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.


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