Biology:Pinus wangii

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Short description: Species of conifer

Pinus wangii
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

  1. 1.0 1.1 Farjon, A. (2013). "Pinus wangii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T32368A2816540.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/32368/2816540. Retrieved 13 November 2021. 
  2. "Pinus wangii / Guangdong white pine | Conifer Species" (in en). https://conifersociety.org/conifers/pinus-wangii/. 
  3. Johanna Buchert Smith The Story Garden: Cultivating Plants to Nurture Memories at Google Books
  4. Liguo Fu; Nan Li. "Pinus wangii". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200005371. 
  5. Luu, Nguyen Duc To; Philip Ian Thomas (2004). Conifers of Vietnam. Nhà xuất bản Thế giới. pp. 49–50. ISBN 1-872291-64-3. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/sections/bm/conifer_manual.html. Retrieved 2012-04-18. 
  6. "National key protected wild plants (first batch)". Nature Reserve of China. 2004-07-10. http://www.nre.cn/htm/04/bhqsj/2004-07-10-12808.htm. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2673231 entry