- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:730931-1
- Publication
- Plantae Asiaticae Rariores: or, Descriptions and figures of a select number of unpublished East Indian plants. London
- Collation
- 2(8): 56, t. 173
- Date of Publication
- 6 Sep 1831
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Rosaceae
Type Information
- Locality
- Habitat in montosis Silhet Bengalae orientalis confinibus, florens Martio, fructifera sub pluviis.
- Distribution Of Types
- India (Indian Subcontinent, Asia-Tropical)
Bangladesh (Indian Subcontinent, Asia-Tropical)
Remarks
Wallich ascribed both the diagnosis and description of Pyrus indica to Colebrooke, but did not ascribe the species name to anyone; since Wallich is the author of the publication, he is accepted as the author of the species name (cf., Shenzhen Code Art. 46 Ex. 3)