Abies spectabilis

Abies spectabilis

Abies spectabilis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pinales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pinophyta Classis: Pinopsida Ordo: Pinales

Familia: Pinaceae
Genus: Abies
Sectio: A. sect. Pseudopicea
Species: Abies spectabilis

Name

Abies spectabilis (D.Don) Mirb., Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 13: 70 (1825).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Pinus spectabilis D.Don in A.B.Lambert, Descr. Pinus, ed. 2, 2: 3 (1828).
• Heterotypic
  • Pinus tinctoria Wall. ex D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 55 (1825).
  • Pinus webbiana Wall. ex D.Don in A.B.Lambert, Descr. Pinus, ed. 2, 1: 77 (1828).
  • Abies webbiana (Wall. ex D.Don) Lindl., Penny Cyclop. 1: 30 (1833).
  • Picea webbiana (Wall. ex D.Don) Loudon, Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 4: 2344 (1838).
  • Picea naphta Knight in J.C.Loudon, Encycl. Trees Shrubs: 1053 (1842).
  • Pinus striata Buch.-Ham. ex Gordon & Glend., Pinetum: 160 (1858), not validly publ.
  • Abies chilrowensis Parl. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 425 (1868).
  • Abies webbiana var. brevifolia A.Henry in H.J.Elwes & A.Henry, Trees Great Britain 4: 751 (1909).
  • Abies spectabilis var. brevifolia (A.Henry) Rehder, J. Arnold Arbor. 1: 54 (1919).
  • Abies brevifolia (A.Henry) Dallim., Rep. Conif. Conf. R.H.S.: 9 (1931 publ.1932).
  • Abies spectabilis var. langtangensis Silba, Phytologia 68: 22 (1990).
  • Abies spectabilis subsp. langtangensis (Silba) Silba, J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 15: 46 (2008).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate Western Asia Afghanistan. China Tibet. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Additional references

• Fu, L.K., Nan, L., Elias, T.S. & Mill, R.R. 1999. Abies spectabilis. Pp. 51 in Wu, Zh.Y. & Raven, P.H. (eds.), Flora of China. Volume 4: Cycadaceae through Fagaceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 0-915279-70-3. efloras Reference page. 
• Farjon, A. 2001. World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers. 2. ed., 309 pp. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-025-0 Reference page. 
• Farjon, A. 2010. A Handbook of the World's Conifers. 2 vols., pp. 1–526 + 527–1111, Koninklijke Brill, Leiden, Boston. ISBN 978-90-04-17718-5. Reference page. 

Links

• Zhang, D, Rushforth, K. & Katsuki, T. 2011. Abies spectabilis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011. IUCN Red List Category: Near Threatened . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T42300A10686224.en.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Abies spectabilis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 March 6. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Abies spectabilis. Published online. Accessed: 6 March 2021.

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