Pyrus communis
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"+ Division 2: Kalopanagiotis, near cemetery at the monastery, on steep, rocky roadbank, alt. 690 m, 10.6.2018, R. Hand 8975 (B). First documented record of naturalisation in Cyprus. The species is grown in many parts of Troodos, e. g. in the Marathasa area, but seems to escape only rarely from cultivation. There was only one spiny shrub min. 20 years old, pruned, without any fruits and obviously not planted or grafted at this site. Leaves were nearly orbicular and glabrescent below. In habit, it was reminiscent of the wild pear (P. pyraster (L.) Burgsd.) whose occurrence in Cyprus is rather improbable. It may be a primitive cultivar of pear" (Hand 2019).
Alien: Naturalized.
Meikle RD (1977) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 1.
Tsintides T, Hadjikyriakou GN, Christodoulou CS (2002) Trees and shrubs in Cyprus. Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis—Cyprus Forest Association, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Hand R (2019) Further noteworthy records of vascular plants in Cyprus (1997–2018) and some status clarifications. Cypricola 12: 1-17.