× Sorbopyrus

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'× Sorbopyrus' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/x-sorbopyrus/). Accessed 2024-04-19.

Family

Rosaceae

Species in genus

× Sorbopyrus auricularis

Glossary

hybrid: Plant originating from the cross-fertilisation of genetically distinct individuals (e.g. two species or two subspecies).

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'× Sorbopyrus' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/x-sorbopyrus/). Accessed 2024-04-19.

A handsome specimen of × Sorbopyrus auricularis in the University of Oxford Botanic Garden, UK; June 2014. Image Owen Johnson.

So far as is known this hybrid genus consists only of the Bollwyller pear and its variations, but the status of ‘Malifolia’ is somewhat controversial.

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