Biology:Pinus occidentalis
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Short description: Species of pine tree endemic to Hispaniola in the Caribbean
| Pinus occidentalis | |
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| Pinus occidentalis in Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic | |
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. Pinus |
| Section: | P. sect. Trifoliae |
| Subsection: | P. subsect. Australes |
| Species: | P. occidentalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pinus occidentalis | |
Pinus occidentalis, also known as the Hispaniolan pine[1] or Hispaniola pine,[2] (or in Spanish: pino criollo [3]) is a pine tree endemic to the island of Hispaniola[4] (split between the Dominican Republic and Haiti).
Ecology
It is the eponymous species of the Hispaniolan pine forests ecosystem, in which it constitutes a majority of the biomass present.[5] Another endemic species, the Hispaniolan crossbill (Loxia megaplaga), feeds almost exclusively on the cones of P. occidentalis.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Farjon, A. (2013). "Pinus occidentalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T34192A2850209. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T34192A2850209.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/34192/2850209.
- ↑ "Pinus occidentalis / Hispaniola pine | Conifer Species" (in en). https://conifersociety.org/conifers/pinus-occidentalis/.
- ↑ "Pinus occidentalis (Pino criollo) description". https://www.conifers.org/pi/Pinus_occidentalis.php.
- ↑ Darrow, W. Kevin; Zanoni, T. (1990). "Hispaniolan pine (Pinus occidentalis Swartz): A little known sub-tropical pine of economic potential". The Commonwealth Forestry Review 69 (2 (219)): 133–146. ISSN 0010-3381. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43737717.
- ↑ "The island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean | Ecoregions | WWF". https://www.worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/nt0305.
- ↑ Dod, Annabelle Stockton (1978). Aves de la República Dominicana. Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Wikidata ☰ Q3388586 entry
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