Rosaceae

Pyrus communis subsp. caucasica

Pyrus L. Pyrus communis L. subsp. caucasica (FED.) BROWICZ Ömür: Çok yıllık Yapı: ağaç Hayat formu: İlk çiçeklenme zamanı: 4 Son çiçeklenme zamanı: 5 Habitat: ormanlar ve çalılıklar Minimum yükseklik: 0 Maksimum yükseklik: 1650 Endemik: - Element: ? Türkiye dağılımı: K. ve KB. Anadolu Genel dağılımı: Kafkasya Bulunduğu kareler :A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A7 A8 B1 B2 C2 C3

P. communis L., Sp. PL 459 (1753).   Tree up to 20 m, spinescent, especially when young; twigs glabrous or slightly pubescent when young. Leaves ovate-elliptic to ovate-orbicular, 3-5(-7) x 1.5-4 cm, c. 2 x as long as broad, entire or crenate-serrulate, sparsely pubescent when young, becoming glabrous, green, shining above, drying blackish, base rounded or subcordate: petioles up to 5 cm, usually as !ong as or longer than the blade. Inflorescence 5-9-flowered. Flowers ± white, 2-3 cm diam.; pedicels 1.5-3 cm. Fruit pyriform to subglobose, 2-4 cm long, yellowish-green; sepals persistent: pedicels at least as long as fruit. Fl. 4-5. Forests and scrub, s.l.-1650 m. 1. Twigs usually unarmed; fruit over 5 cm long, fleshy subsp. sativa 1. Twigs spinescent; fruit up to 4 cm long, hard   2. Leaves crenate-serrate or subentire, not ciliate subsp. communis   2. Leaves entire, woolly-ciliate subsp. caucasica subsp. caucasica (Fed.) Browicz., comb. et stat. nov. Syn: P. caucasica Fed. in Grossh., FL.Kavk. 5:422, t. 5 f. 1 (1952).   Type: [Caucasus] circa urbem Dilizhan, in silva mixta frondosa, 7 ix 1936, Federov (holo. LE!).   N. & S.W. Anatolia. 'Erzurum' (Erzurum to Trabzon), Calvert &Zohrab! A3 Bolu: Düzce valley, M. & D. Zohary 3103! A5 Amasya: 1 km S. of Çakirlan, 1000 m, Zohary & Orshan 107821! A5/6 Samsun: 8 km from Bafra to Samsun, M. & D. Zohary 3031! A6 Ordu: above Acizdere, 850 m, Tobey 1604! A7 Gümüşane: Zigana, 1200 m, Schischkin! A8 Çoruh: nr. Artvin (Grossheim 5: map 11). A9 Çoruh: nr. Ardanuç (Grossheim 5: map 11). C2 Muğla: Marmaris, nr. s.I., D. 41429! C3 Konya: nr. Beyşehir, M. & D. Zohary 2175! Antalya: Belkis, 150 m, Tengwall!   Caucasia. A very variable species.