Pyrus boissieriana
Species of pear tree
Pyrus boissieriana | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Genus: | Pyrus |
Species: | P. boissieriana |
Binomial name | |
Pyrus boissieriana Buhse | |
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Pyrus boissieriana, the Boissier pear and telka, is a species of Pyrus (pear) native to southwestern 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]
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]
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