Pyrus boissieriana

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Pyrus boissieriana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Pyrus
Species: P. boissieriana
Binomial name
Pyrus boissieriana
Buhse

Pyrus boissieriana, the "Boissier Pear", is a species of Pyrus - pear native to the Kopet Dag region on the Turkmenistan and Iranian border.[1]

Pyrus boissieriana is a deciduous tree of the region's woodland which also houses a high number of other fruit trees, shrubs, and vines valuable for human use.

References and external links

  1. "Kopet Dag woodlands and forest steppe". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. 


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