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Lectotypification of three names in Pyrus (Rosaceae)

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This paper clarifies the typification of three Caucasian species of Pyrus. Lectotypes are designated here for Pyrus georgica, P. demetrii and P. fedorovii described by Schuschana Kuthatheladze from Georgia. A brief explanation of the reasoning behind the choice of specimen is given for each typification.

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The authors wish to thank The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBİTAK) (Project No: 111 T 850) for financial support. The authors also express their gratitude to the curators of the herbaria mentioned and Nikoloz Lachashrili and Dr Tinatin Barblishvili for kind help and Erik Emanuelsson of UPS for providing images of Pyrus georgica.

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  1. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Hacettepe University, Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey

    Zübeyde Uğurlu Aydın & Ali A. Dönmez

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Aydın, Z.U., Dönmez, A.A. Lectotypification of three names in Pyrus (Rosaceae). Kew Bull 71, 37 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-016-9647-4

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