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

Table 1

Pyrus species and hybrids from Asia.

Species	Site of origin	Crop
Pyrus  alnifolia  (S.  and  Z.)  Franch.  and  Sav.	Russian Far East, China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan	*
Pyrus  armeniacifolia  T.  T.  Yu	China	*
P.  aucuparia  var.  randaiensis  Hayata	Taiwan	*
Pyrus  baccata  L.	Russia, Mongolia, China, Korea	*
Pyrus  baccata  var.  aurantiaca  Regel	Russia, Mongolia, China, Korea	*
Pyrus  baccata  var.  himalaica  Maxim.	China, Bhutan, India, Nepal	*
Pyrus  baccata  var.  mandshurica  Maxim.	Russia, China, Japan, Korea	*
Pyrus  betulifolia  Bunge	China, Laos	*
Pyrus  ×  bretschneideri  Rehder	China	*
Pyrus  calleryana  Decne.	China, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam	USA, Canada
Pyrus  calleryana  var.  dimorphophylla  (Makino)  Koidz.	Japan	*
Pyrus  calleryana  var.  fauriei  (C.  K.  Schneid.)  Rehder	Korea	*
Pyrus  calleryana  var.  koehnei  (C.  K.  Schneid.)  T.  T.  Yu	China	*
Pyrus  cathayensis  Hemsl.	China	*
Pyrus  delavayi  Franch.	China	*
Pyrus  discolor  Maxim.	China	*
Pyrus  doumeri  Bois	China, Taiwan, Laos, Vietnam	*
Pyrus  folgner  (C.  K.  Schneid.)  Bean	China	*
Pyrus  foliolosa  Wall.	Burma, Bhutan, India, Nepal, China	*
Pyrus  glabra  Boiss.	Iran	*
Pyrus  gracilis  Siebold  and  Zucc.	Japan	*
Pyrus  harrowiana  Balf.  f.  and  W.  W.  Sm.	China, India, Nepal, Burma	*
Pyrus  heterophylla  Regel  and  Schmalh.	Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, China	*
Pyrus  hondoensis  Nakai  and  Kikuchi	Japan	*
Pyrus  ×  hopeiensis  T.  T.  Yu	China	*
Pyrus  hupehensis  Pamp.	China, Taiwan	*
Pyrus  indica  Wall.	South Asia and Far East Asia	*
Pyrus  japonica  Thunb.	Japan	*
Pyrus  keissleri  (C.  K.  Schneid.)  H.  Lev.	China, Myanmar	*
Pyrus  kansuensis  Batalin	China	*
Pyrus  lanata  D.  Don	Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Pakistan	*
Pyrus  matsumurana  Makino	Japan	*
Pyrus  nussia  Buch.-Ham.  ex  D.  Don	Far East, South Asia	*
Pyrus  ×  phaeocarpa  Rehder	China	*
Pyrus  pohuashanensis  Hance	Russia, China, Korea	*
Pyrus  prattii  Hemsl.	China	*
Pyrus  prunifolia  Willd.	China	*
Pyrus  pseudopashia  T.  T.  Yu	China	*
Pyrus  pyrifolia  var.  pyrifolia	China, Laos, Vietnam	*
Pyrus  ringo  Wenz.	China, Korea	*
Pyrus  ringo  var.  kaido  Wenz	China	*
Pyrus  scabrifolia  Franch.	China	*
Pyrus  scalaris  (Koehne)  Bean	China	*
Pyrus  ×  serrulata  Rehder	China	*
Pyrus  sieboldii  Regel	China, Japan	*
Pyrus  sikkimensis  Hook.  f.	China, Bhutan, India	*
Pyrus  sinensis  var.  maximowicziana  H.  Lev.	Korea	*
Pyrus  ×  sinkiangensis  T.  T.  Yu	China	*
Pyrus  spectabilis  Aiton	China	*
Pyrus  taiwanensis  Iketani  and  H.  Ohashi	Taiwan	*
Pyrus  ussuriensis  Maxim.	Russia, China, Japan, Korea, Brazil	Brazil
Pyrus  ×  uyematsuana  Makino	Japan, Korea	*
Pyrus  vestita  Wall.  ex  G.  Don	China, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Myanmar	*
Pyrus  vilmorinii  (C.  K.  Schneid.)  Asch.  and  Graebn.	China	*
Pyrus  xerophila  T.  T.  Yu	China	*
Pyrus  yunnanensis  Franch.	China, Myanmar	*
Pyrus  zahlbruckneri  (C.  K.  Schneid.)  Cardot	China	*
Pyrus  tschonoskii  Maxim.	Japan	*
Pyrus  cydonia  L.	Iran, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Turkmenistan	*
Pyrus  germanica  (L.)  Hook.  f.	Middle East and Northern Asia	*
Pyrus  korshinskyi  Litv.	Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan	*
Pyrus  kumaoni  Decne.	Middle East, Far East and South Asia	*
Pyrus  salicifolia  Pall.	Iran, Armenia, Turkey, Arzebaijão	*
Pyrus  trilobata  (Poir.)  DC.	Israel, Lebanon, Turkey, Bulgaria, Greece	*
Pyrus  turkestanica  Franch.	Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan	*

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