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Rosaceae B. Juss. Pyrus ussuriensis Max +P. Sinensis Lindl. Plant specimen collected by N.E. Hansen, 1924, also known as the Ussurian pear, Harbin pear, and Manchurian pear, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. It is native to Korea, Japan, and the Ussuri River area of far eastern Russia. N.E. Hansen (1866-1950) was a Danish-American horticulturist and botanist who was a pioneer in plant breeding. Hansen came to South Dakota in 1895 and became the first head of the Horticultural Department of South Dakota State College. He also served as agricultural explorer for the United States Department of Agriculture. He searched for hardy grasses, fruits, and other plants throughout Europe and Asia and brought them back to the United States to raise or crossbreed with American varieties to produce hardy plants. Specimen is mounted on an 11.5 x 16.5 inch herbarium sheet accompanied by a label printed in Russian in Cyrillic letter with hand-written notation in blank ink.
Plant specimen: Rosaceae B. Juss. Pyrus ussuriensis Max =P. Sinensis Lindl.
Russia: Correspondence for U.S. Academy of Science exchange visit to the USSR
Russia: Correspondence for U.S. Academy of Science exchange visit to the USSR
Russia: Environmental Sciences Division Seminar - Some studies of large-scale climate fluctuations
Russia: Environmental Sciences Division Seminar - Some studies of large-scale climate fluctuations
Russia: Exchange visits
Russia: Exchange visits
Russia: Geobotanist portraits and preface - H. Trass book translation
Russia: Geobotanist portraits and preface - H. Trass book translation
Russia: Handbook of Contemporary Developments in World Ecology - Chapter 20 Soviet Union
Russia: Handbook of Contemporary Developments in World Ecology - Chapter 20 Soviet Union
Russia: Management of Experimental Reserves and Their Relation to Conservation Reserves: The Reserve Cluster
Russia: Management of Experimental Reserves and Their Relation to Conservation Reserves: The Reserve Cluster
Russia: Regional maps
Russia: Regional maps
Russia: Report of Foreign Travel to the Soviet Union - as part of the US-USSR Academy of Sciences Exchange Program
Russia: Report of Foreign Travel to the Soviet Union - as part of the US-USSR Academy of Sciences Exchange Program
Russia: Rodin, Leonard visit
Russia: Rodin, Leonard visit
Russia: Study of Soviet Ecology
Russia: Study of Soviet Ecology
Russia: Vegetation Science
Russia: Vegetation Science
Russia: Vegetation Science - History and contemporary trends of development - translation
Russia: Vegetation Science - History and contemporary trends of development - translation
Russia: Woodlands synthesis
Russia: Woodlands synthesis
SDSU: Plant Specimens - Medicago falcata
SDSU: Plant Specimens - Medicago falcata
SDSU: Plant Specimens - Trifolium filiforme
SDSU: Plant Specimens - Trifolium filiforme