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Pyrus cordata

Plants

Family: Rosaceae · Genus: Pyrus

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Pyrus cordata, the Plymouth pear or heart-leaved pear, is a rare wild species of pear belonging to the family Rosaceae. It gets its scientific name cordata and French names Poirier à feuilles en cœur, Poirier à feuilles cordées from the shape of its leaves. The English name Plymouth pear is after the city of Plymouth in Devon, where it was originally found in 1870 The Plymouth pear was one of the British trees to be funded under English Natures Species Recovery Programme.

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