Editing Pyrus communis (section)

{{Short description|Species of pear tree}}
{{Speciesbox
|image=Pears.jpg
|image_caption=Common pear branch with fruit
|status=LC
|status_system=IUCN3.1
|status_ref=<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Barstow, M. |date=2017 |title=''Pyrus communis'' |volume=2017 |page=e.T173010A61580281 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T173010A61580281.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref>
|genus=Pyrus
|species=communis
|authority=[[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]
|synonyms_ref=<ref name="30065762-2" />
|synonyms={{Collapsible list|
* ''Crataegus excelsa'' {{small|Salisb.}}
* ''Malus communis'' {{small|(L.) Poir.}}
* ''Pyrenia pyrus'' {{small|Clairv.}}
* ''Pyrus achras'' {{small|Gaertn.}}
* ''Pyrus ambrosiaca'' {{small|Poit. & Turpin}}
* ''Pyrus amphigenea'' {{small|Domin ex Dostalek}}
* ''Pyrus anglica'' {{small|Druce}}
* ''Pyrus anglica'' {{small|Poit. & Turpin}}
* ''Pyrus balansae'' {{small|Decne.}}
* ''Pyrus caucasica'' {{small|Fed.}}
* ''Pyrus caucasica'' var. ''schuntukensis'' {{small|Tuz}}
* ''Pyrus communis'' subsp. ''australeuropaea'' {{small|Tuz}}
* ''Pyrus communis'' subsp. ''medioasiatica'' {{small|Tuz}}
* ''Pyrus communis'' subsp. ''orientaleuropaea'' {{small|Tuz}}
* ''Pyrus communis'' subsp. ''transcaucasica'' {{small|Tuz}}
* ''Pyrus communis'' var. ''pompejana'' {{small|L.}}
* ''Pyrus communis'' var. ''pyraster'' {{small|L.}}
* ''Pyrus communis'' var. ''sativa'' {{small|DC.}}
* ''Pyrus communis'' var. ''sylvestris'' {{small|DC.}}
* ''Pyrus communis'' var. ''volema'' {{small|L.}}
* ''Pyrus domestica'' {{small|(Borkh.) Medik.}}
* ''Pyrus karpatiana'' {{small|Terpó}}
* ''Pyrus magyarica'' {{small|Terpó}}
* ''Pyrus moschata'' {{small|Poit. & Turpin}}
* ''Pyrus papulata'' {{small|Poit. & Turpin}}
* ''Pyrus pyraster'' {{small|(L.) Burgsd.}}
* ''Pyrus pyraster'' subsp. ''achras'' {{small|(Gaertn.) Stohr}}
* ''Pyrus pyraster'' var. ''achras'' {{small|(Gaertn.) Cinovskis}}
* ''Pyrus pyraster'' var. ''relicta'' {{small|Dostálek}}
* ''Pyrus pyraster'' var. ''rossica'' {{small|(A.D.Danilov) Tuz}}
* ''Pyrus pyraster'' var. ''tomentosa'' {{small|(W.D.J.Koch) Dostálek}}
* ''Pyrus rossica'' {{small|A.D.Danilov}}
* ''Pyrus salviati'' {{small|Poit. & Turpin}}
* ''Sorbus pyrus'' {{small|Crantz}}
}}}}

'''''Pyrus communis''''', the '''common pear''', is a species of [[pear]] [[native plant|native]] to central and eastern Europe, and western Asia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://apps.kew.org/trees/?page_id=123 |title=Heritage Rare & Iconic Trees - Visit Kew Gardens |work=kew.org}}</ref>

It is one of the most important fruits of temperate regions, being the species from which most [[orchard]] pear [[cultivar]]s grown in [[Europe]], [[North America]], and [[Australia]] have been developed. Two other species of pear, the Nashi pear (''[[Pyrus pyrifolia]]'') and the hybrid Chinese white or ya pear (''[[Pyrus × bretschneideri]]'', {{zh|c=白梨|p=báilí}}) are more widely grown in [[East Asia]].