Common Names
Hickel fir (1).Taxonomic notes
Syn: A. oaxacana Mart. (1).Description
"A conical tree 20-30 m. tall, with an irregular crown. Bark gray, furrowed into quadrangular plates. Branchlets dark brown to reddish, slightly pubescent. Buds globular or slightly ovoid, slightly resinous, scales obtuse. Leaves nearly 2-ranked, spreading widely, grooved above, dark shiny green above, 1.5-3.2 cm. long by 1-1.5 mm. wide, flattened below except near the base, margins somewhat revolute, glaucous below; stomata absent above, in 14-16 lines below; base twisted; apex often notched. Female cone cylindric-oblong, shortly pointed at the apex or obtuse, slightly resinous, on a peduncle 1 cm. long, dark brown to violet-brown, 7-12 cm. long by 3.5-7 cm. wide; scales suborbicular, margins denticulate; bracts slightly exserted, erect, triangular-ovoid. Seed with a nut 6-7 mm. long, wing orange-yellow to 1.3 cm. long" (1).Range
S Mexico: Veracruz, Guererro, Oaxaca, and Chiapas at 1650-3000m (1).Big Tree
Oldest
Dendrochronology
Ethnobotany
Observations
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Citations
(1) Silba 1986.[Abies] [Pinaceae] [home]
This page is from the Gymnosperm Database
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Edited by Christopher J. Earle
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Last modified on 19-Jan-1999