Pyrus hopeiensis T. T. Yu

Trees to 6–8 m tall. Branchlets dark purple or purplish brown, sparsely white lenticellate, apices often becoming thornlike; buds oblong-ovoid or triangular-ovoid, glabrous or scales slightly tomentose at margin and apex, apex acute. Stipules caducous, linear-lanceolate, 7–11 mm, herbaceous, margin sparsely serrate, apex acuminate; petiole 2–4.5 cm, sparsely pubescent or glabrous; leaf blade ovate, broadly ovate, or suborbicular, 4–7 × 4–5 cm, lateral veins 8–10 pairs, glabrous, base rounded or subcordate, margin shortly spinulose-serrate, apex long or shortly acuminate, Raceme umbel-like, 6–8-flowered; peduncle sparsely pubescent or subglabrous; bracts caducous, linear-lanceolate, 6–9 mm, membranous, villous, margin serrate, apex acuminate. Pedicel 1.2–1.5 cm; subglabrous. Flower 2.5–3 cm in diam. Hypanthium cupular, subglabrous. Sepals triangular-ovate, abaxially sparsely pubescent, adaxially densely pubescent, margin denticulate; apex acuminate. Petals white, elliptic-obovate, ca. 8 × 6 mm, shortly clawed at base. Stamens 20, less than 1/2 as long as petals. Ovary 4(or 5)-loculed, with 2 ovules per locule; styles 4, nearly as long as stamens, glabrous. Pome brown, spotted, globose or ovoid, 1.5–2.5 cm in diam., 4(or 5)-loculed; fruiting pedicel 1.5–3 cm., glabrous; sepals persistent. Fl. Apr, fr. Aug–Sep. 2n = 34*.

Hebei, Shandong.

Thicket margins on slopes; 100--800 m.

Pyrus hopeiensis var. peninsula D. K. Zang &W. D. Peng.

Pyrus hopeiensis is a species of wild pear in the family Rosaceae, native to north-central China. It is a naturally occurring hybrid of other Chinese Pyrus species, but is it unclear which ones are its parents. Its fruits are small and bitter, so it is not valued or conserved by locals.