Pyrus austriaca

{{Short description|Species of plant in the genus Pyrus}}

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Pyrus austriaca, the Austrian pear, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Pyrus found in central and southern Europe, and Turkey.{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:730707-1 |title=Pyrus orientalis A.Kern. |author= |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=20 September 2020 }} They are very large trees for pears, reaching 20{{nbsp}}m. It is thought to be a hybrid species of Pyrus pyraster (European wild pear) and Pyrus nivalis (snow pear or yellow pear).{{cite conference |title=Proceedings of the VIIIth International Symposium on Pear |last1=Sansavini |first1=Silviero |date=2002 |publisher=International Society for Horticultural Science |pages=191–192 |location=Ferrara-Bologna, Italy }}