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Pyrus communis L. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Pyrus (family Rosaceae).

The record derives from RJP (data supplied on 2011-10-18 ) which reports it as an accepted name (record 63) with original publication details: Species plantarum, edition 1 Species plantarum, edition 1; 1753 479 1753.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30065762-2.

Synonyms:

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Pyrus communis var. sativa (DC.) DC.	Synonym		RJP	2011-10-18
Pyrus pyraster subsp. achras (Gaertn.) Terp¢	Synonym		RJP	2011-10-18
Pyrus sativa DC.	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18

Infraspecific taxa:

This species contains the following infraspecific taxa*.

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Synonyms
Pyrus communis var. autumnalis Siebold	Unresolved		RJP	2011-10-18
Pyrus communis subsp. communis	Unresolved		RJP	2011-10-18	3
Pyrus communis subsp. pyraster (L.) Cout.	Unresolved		RJP	2011-10-18	1

The Plant List does not attempt to include all infraspecific taxa.

Earlier versions

This name record (from RJP) was not included in version 1 of The Plant List. It is possible the same name was included from a different data source, to check this you can search for Pyrus communis in version 1 of The Plant List.