Pyrus communisL.

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WFO wfo-0001015799 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Pyrus communis, photographed by Марина Садыкова
fig. a Марина Садыкова, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-12 / obs. 205692954
Pyrus communis, photographed by Eugene Popov
fig. b Eugene Popov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201843445
Pyrus communis, photographed by Anastasia_Surkova
fig. c Anastasia_Surkova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201673476
Pyrus communis, photographed by Pavel Smirnov
fig. d Pavel Smirnov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198043530
Pyrus communis, photographed by Radosław Puchałka
fig. e Radosław Puchałka, CC0 1.0 / obs. 197081112
Pyrus communis, photographed by Branislav Tej
fig. f Branislav Tej, CC0 1.0 / obs. 195416598
Pyrus communis, photographed by Radosław Puchałka
fig. g Radosław Puchałka, CC0 1.0 / obs. 197087803
Pyrus communis, photographed by aga_l_
fig. h aga_l_, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194838606

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Native range 33 botanical countries

Regions where Pyrus communis is native: Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Iraq, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Krym, Netherlands, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine CyprusEast Aegean Is.IraqNorth CaucasusTranscaucasusTürkiyeAlbaniaAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusBelgiumBulgariaCentral European RussiaCorseCzechia-SlovakiaEast European RussiaFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryItalyKrymNetherlandsNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSiciliaSouth European RussiaSpainSwitzerlandTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine Sardegna
Native distribution of Pyrus communis, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Baltic States BLT
Belarus BLR
Belgium BGM
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Corse COR
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
East European Russia RUE
France FRA
Germany GER
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Krym KRY
Netherlands NET
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
South European Russia RUS
Spain SPA
Switzerland SWI
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Cyprus CYP ASIA-TEMPERATE
East Aegean Is. EAI
Iraq IRQ
North Caucasus NCS
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 243 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Crataegus excelsa Salisb.
  • Malus communis (L.) Poir.
  • Pyrenia pyrus Clairv.
  • Pyrus achras Gaertn.
  • Pyrus achras f. ambigua Gillot
  • Pyrus achras f. communis Gillot
  • Pyrus achras f. depressa Gillot
  • Pyrus achras f. medioxima Gillot
  • Pyrus achras f. microphylla Gillot
  • Pyrus achras f. ovalis Gillot
  • Pyrus achras f. platycarpa Gillot
  • Pyrus achras subsp. pyraster (L.) Wallr. ex Rothm.
  • Pyrus achras var. pyraster (L.) Soó
  • Pyrus aestivalis Lamotte
  • Pyrus ambrosiaca Poit. & Turpin
  • Pyrus amphigenea Domin ex Dostalek
  • Pyrus amphigenea unranked attenuata Terpó
  • Pyrus amphigenea unranked compressa Terpó
  • Pyrus amphigenea unranked costata Terpó
  • Pyrus amphigenea unranked dominii Terpó
  • Pyrus amphigenea unranked heterocarpa Terpó
  • Pyrus amphigenea unranked latifolia Terpó
  • Pyrus amphigenea unranked limoniformis Terpó
  • Pyrus amphigenea unranked longepetiolata Terpó

and 219 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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