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Herbarium specimen: Pyrus cordata

Taxon:Rosaceae: Pyrus cordata Desv. ("Plymouth Pear")
Filed in taxon folder:Rosaceae: Pyrus cordata Desv. ("Plymouth Pear")
Collected by:Rev. Harry Joseph Riddelsdell
Collection date:2/7/1909
Locality:Great Britain, VC34 West Gloucestershire, Symonds Yat, SO51
Institution:Gloucester City Museum (GLR)
Image:Pyrus cordata herbarium specimen from Symonds Yat, VC34 West Gloucestershire in 1909 by Rev. Harry Joseph Riddelsdell.
notes:['In a quarry below the steepest end of the Great Doward I have seen several trees of a Wild Pear closely related to the scarce Pyrus cordata' J E Lousley 'Wild Flowers of Chalk & Limestone', New Nat Series]

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Documented by mossysal on 22nd February 2011.

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