A modern reference to temperate woody plants, including updated content from this site and much new material, can be found at Trees and Shrubs Online.
Rosaceae
A genus of graft-hybrids between Pyrus and Cydonia. It was included in × Pyronia by Rehder, but under modern rules of nomenclature this name must be restricted to sexual hybrids between the two genera. For other examples of graft-hybrids see + Crataegomespilus and + Laburnocytisus.
Some names used by Bean have now been superseded and are no longer familiar. To ensure that all plants can be easily found, under any name, we have cross-referenced to The Plant List, a collaboration between RBG Kew, Missouri Botanical Gardens and other organisations, which aims to provide a currently accepted name for any plant. Not all taxonomists will agree with all Plant List nomenclature, but it provides a baseline to compare names. For each species above, clicking on the Modern Name will link to the entry for that name on The Plant List website.
