Biology:Pinus amamiana
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Short description: Species of conifer
| Pinus amamiana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Pinales |
| Family: | Pinaceae |
| Genus: | Pinus |
| Subgenus: | P. subg. Strobus |
| Section: | P. sect. Quinquefoliae |
| Subsection: | P. subsect. Strobus |
| Species: | P. amamiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Pinus amamiana Koidz.
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Pinus amamiana (Amami pine,[1] Yakushima white pine[2]) is a species of pine. It is a native of southern Japan , on the islands of Yakushima and Tanegashima south of Kyūshū. It has also been grown horticulturally in Japanese parks. This pine can grow to a height of 25 m with a trunk diameter of up to 1 m.
The needles grow in bundles of five and the cones are 5–8 cm in length.
This tree is known in Japanese as amami-goyōmatsu, amami-goyō, and yakutane-goyō.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Katsuki, T.; Farjon, A. (2013). "Pinus amamiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T34180A2849479. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T34180A2849479.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/34180/2849479. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Earle, Christopher J., ed (2018). "Pinus amamiana". http://www.conifers.org/pi/Pinus_amamiana.php.
Wikidata ☰ Q2249175 entry
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