Biology:Pinus wangii

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Short description: Species of conifer

Pinus wangii
Pinus wangii - Kunming Botanical Garden - DSC02739.jpg
Pinus wangii in the Kunming Botanical Garden, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Scientific classification edit
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. wangii
Binomial name
Pinus wangii
Hu & Cheng

Pinus wangii, commonly known as the Guangdong white pine (Chinese: 毛枝五针松), is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae.

It was named after Dr. Shao-Ping Wang,[2] a professor of forest genetics.[3]

Distribution

This pine tree is native to Yunnan Province of southern China , where two populations are known from Wenshan Prefecture.[4] It is uncertain whether it occurs in northern Vietnam.[5]

Pinus wangii is an IUCN Red List Endangered species, threatened by continued logging.[1] It is under second-class national protection in China.[6]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2673231 entry