Pyrus taiwanensis

台灣野梨

endemic

Pyrus taiwanensis Iketani & Ohashi

名彙資訊

特徵描述

典藏標本

數位照片

分布位置

相關資訊

Iketani & Ohashi, Journal of Japanese Botany 68: 40. fig. 1. 1993. (J. Jpn. Bot.)

同發表文獻

Pyrus kawakamii auct. non Hayata

Kanehira, Formosan trees : indigenous to the island (revised) . fig. 225. . cet. excl. (Formos. Trees rev. ed.)
Pyrus koehnei auct. non Schncider

Koidz., The Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo, Japan 34(2): 57. 1913. (J. Coll. Sci. Univ. Tokyo)

Lu, Ou & Lu, Illustrations of Trees of Taiwan 1: 161. 1997. (Ill. Tr. Taiwan)
Yang, A list of plants in Taiwan . 1982. (List Pl. Taiwan)
Liu, Illustrations of native and introduced ligneous plants of Taiwan . 1961. (Ill. Nat. Intr. Lign. Pl. Taiwan)

tree

A deciduous or subevergreen tree up to 10 m high.
Leaves alternate in the long shoot, 3–4 crowded in the short shoot, cartilaginous or subcoriaceous, glabrous, ovate or broadly ovate, 4–10 cm long, 3–6 cm wide, obtuse, acute or acuminate at apex, obtuse or rounded at base, serrulate or crenato-serrulate; the midrib prominent and the lateral veins 8–12 on lower surfaces. Petioles 1–2 cm long, glabrous; pedicels 2–4 cm long, glabrous.
Calyx-lobes triangular ovate or triangular lanceolate, acute, 4–6 mm long, glanduloso-denticulate, glabrous or sparsely brown hairs outside, densely brown tomentose inside. Petals 5, white, elliptic or broadly elliptic, 12–15 mm long; stamens about 20, about 5 mm long, anthers deep purple before anthesis; styles 3–5, glabrous, about 6 mm long.
Pomes globose, about 3 cm in diameter, yellow brown or brown, with many lenticels.