Pyrus hakkiarica

Pyrus hakkiarica
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Pyrus
Species:	P. hakkiarica
Binomial name
Pyrus hakkiarica Browicz

Pyrus hakkiarica (Turkish: Çölemerik ahlatı[2])is a species of pear in the family Rosaceae. It is endemic to the Hakkari area of Turkey.[3]

Morphology

P. hakkiarica is a small, thorny tree. Young shoots are glabrous. Leaves are up to 7 cm long, 4-5 cm wide. Leaf margins can be crenate or serrate, but are mostly entire. Leaves are broadly ovate. Even on a single stem, leaves may take different forms. Upper and lower surfaces of the leaf are green and glabrous. Leaf base is cordate and mostly flat, but sometimes elliptic-ovate and rounded. Petioles are 2.5 to 5 cm. One to three fruits, pyriform, up to 3 cm, with persistent calyx. Fruit stems are thick and 3 to 5 cm in length.[4]

Nutrition

Analysis of the mineral content of P. hakkiarica has found the fruit higher than other pears in sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, and iron.[5]

References

1. Güner, A. (1998). "Pyrus hakkiarica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T31326A9626704. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T31326A9626704.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. Hakkari İli 2023 Yılı Çevre Durum Raporu [Hakkari Province 2023 Environmental Status Report] (PDF) (Report) (in Turkish). Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Hakkari Valiliği Çevre, Şehircilik ve İklim Değişikliği İl Müdürlüğü. 2024. p. 92. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
3. Şenkul, Mehmet Şirin (2022). Hakkari'den Toplanan Çölemerik Ahlatının (Pyrus hakkiarica Browicz.) Bazı Biyokimyasal Değerlerinin Tespit Edilmesi [Determination of Biochemical Values of Çölemerik Wild Pear (Pyrus hakkiarica Browicz.) Collected in Hakkari] (master's thesis) (in Turkish). Bingöl Üniversitesi. p. 7. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
4. Şenkul, Hakkari'den Toplanan Çölemerik Ahlatının (Pyrus hakkiarica Browicz.) Bazı Biyokimyasal Değerlerinin Tespit Edilmesi, p. 3
5. Şenkul, Hakkari'den Toplanan Çölemerik Ahlatının (Pyrus hakkiarica Browicz.) Bazı Biyokimyasal Değerlerinin Tespit Edilmesi, p. 31