Picea schrenkiana description

Forest in Jety-Ogyz, Kyrgyzstan [Vladimir Dinets] (3).

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Another forest in Jety-Ogyz, Kyrgyzstan [Vladimir Dinets] (3).

Picea schrenkiana Fisch. & C.A. Mey 1842

Common Names

Taxonomic notes

Two subspecies, the type and tianschanica (Rupr.) Bykov 1950.

Synonyms for the type (1):

Pinus schrenkiana (Fisch. & C.A. Mey) Antoine 1841;

Abies schrenkiana (Fisch. & C.A. Mey) Lindl. & Gordon 1850;

Picea obovata Ledeb. var. schrenkiana (Fisch. & C.A. Mey) Carrière 1867;

Picea orientalis (L.) Link var. longifolia Ledeb. 1833;

Picea robertii Vipper 1948;

Picea prostrata Isakov 1962.

Synonyms for subspecies tianschanica (1):

Picea tianschanica Rupr. 1869;

Picea morinda Link subsp. tianschanica (Rupr.) Berezin 1970;

Picea schrenkiana Fisch. & C.A. Mey var. tianschanica (Rupr.) Cheng & Fu 1978.

Description

Range

The type subspecies occurs in the Tian Shan, including China: Xinjiang and Kazakhstan. There are also isolated stands in the N. Pamir and S. Xinjiang (2). The subspecies is found in the mountains around the Naryn River of Kirgizstan (1).

Big Tree

Trees up to 60 m tall occur in the area S from Almaty (Kazakhstan) (2).

Oldest

Dendrochronology

Ethnobotany

Observations

Remarks

Citations

(1) Farjon 1998.

(2) Vladimir Dinets, e-mail communication, 2-Jan-1998.

(3) Vladimir Dinets, e-mail communication, 30-Jan-2000.