''Pyrus armeniacifolia'', also known as the apricot-leaved pear, is a species of
plant
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclu ...
in the family
Rosaceae.
It is known from northern
Xinjiang
Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...
, where it is cultivated near
Tacheng.
[(Note, the species name appears above the relevant map.)]
The species was
formally described by
Tse Tsun Yu in 1963.
References
armeniacifolia
Plants described in 1963
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