AusTraits

Pyrus communis

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Family Rosaceae

Taxonomy: Pyrus communis L.

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Vic (doubtfully naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (20), SAH_2022 (2), SAH_2023 (6), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 18 traits from 39 records in 8 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fruit morphology
  • fruit_width (numerical): 57.5 mm (15-100 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 57.5 mm (15-100 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): pome (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): green (1); red (1); yellow (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 35 mm (20-50 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 20 mm (15-25 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 3.25 cm (1.5-5 cm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); obovate (1); orbicular (1); ovate (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1); rounded (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed_serrate (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (4) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 10 m (5-15 m) [sources: RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RBGV_20231520VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_202366S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
SAH_202222S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_222Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.