Pyrus communis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 479. 1753.

"Habitat in Europa." RCN: 3660.

Lectotype (Amaral Franco & Rocha Afonso in Rev. Fac. Ci. Univ. Lisboa, Sér . 2, C, Ci. Nat. 13: 177. 1965): Herb. Linn. No. 647.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Pyrus Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 158. 1929).

Current name: Pyrus communis L. ( Rosaceae).

Note: Ghora & Panigrahi (Fam. Rosaceae India 2: 395, pl. 75. 1995) illustrate the type.