Origin, Domestication, and Dispersing of Pear (Pyrus spp.)

Table 3

Pyrus species and hybrids originating in the Americas.

Species	Place of origin	Crop
Pyrus  americana  DC	Greenland, USA, Canada	*
Pyrus  angustifolia  Aiton	USA, Canada	*
Pyrus  arbutifolia  (L.)  L. f.	USA	*
Pyrus  arbutifolia  (L.)  L. f.  var.  nigra  Willd.	USA	Northern and Eastern Europe Center
Pyrus  coronaria  L.	Canada, USA	*
P.  coronaria  var.  ioensis  Alph.  Wood	USA	*
Pyrus  diversifolia  Bong.	USA, Canada	*
Pyrus  floribunda  Lindl.	USA, Canada	Korea, Russia, Sweden, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Latvia, Bulgaria
Pyrus  fusca  (Raf.)  C.  K.  Schneid.	USA, Canada	*
Pyrus  sanguinea  Pursh	Canada, USA	*

∗The same origin.
Source: USDA (2012) [5].