Taxon:
Mespilus germanica L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:478. 1753
Verified:
11/06/1985
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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- based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
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Common names
English
medlar – French
néflier – German
deutsche Mispel – Mispel – Mispelbaum – Portuguese
nespereira – Spanish
níspero común – níspero europeo – Swedish
mispel –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Armenia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Azerbaijan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Georgia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Russian Federation | Dagestan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia | Ciscaucasia | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Turkmenistan | | s. |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iran | | n. |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iraq | | n. |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Turkey | | |
1 | Native | Europe | East Europe | Ukraine | Krym | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Bulgaria | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Greece | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | | incl. Sardinia, Sicily (but doubtfully indigenous) |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | natzd. elsewhere |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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CAUCASUS:
Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Dagestan]
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MIDDLE ASIA:
Turkmenistan (s.)
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WESTERN ASIA:
Iran (n.), Iraq (n.), Turkey
Europe
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EAST EUROPE:
Ukraine [Krym]
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Bulgaria, Greece, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily (but doubtfully indigenous))
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
(natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Human food
fruit (fide F Eur; F USSR) –