Trees in cultivation in Caribbean mountains (2).
Range of
Pinus caribaea
(1). Var.
caribaea
in red, var.
bahamensis
in purple, and var.
hondurensis
in blue.
Adapted from a map by
www.expediamaps.com
Common Names
Taxonomic notes
Three varieties, caribaea , bahamensis and hondurensis .Syn. for var. caribaea : Pinus recurvata Rowlee 1903; P. cubensis Grisebach var. anomala Rowlee 1903 (1).
Syn. for var. bahamensis : Pinus bahamensis Grisebach 1864 (1).
Syn. for var. hondurensis : Pinus hondurensis Sénéclauze 1868; Pinus hondurensis Loock 1950 non Sénéclauze (1).
Description
Range
Caribbean: Bahamas & Turks-Caicos Islands (var. bahamensis ); W Cuba: Pinar del Rio & Isla de la Juventud (var. caribaea ); Mexico: S Quintana Roo; N Guatemala; Belize; Honduras incl. Islas de la Bahía; Nicaragua (var. hondurensis ) (1). See also (3).Big Tree
Oldest
Dendrochronology
Ethnobotany
Observations
Remarks
Citations
(1) Farjon & Styles 1997 .(2) The Conifers , an online tutorial.
(3) Robert S. Thompson, Katherine H. Anderson and Patrick J. Bartlein. 1999. Atlas of Relations Between Climatic Parameters and Distributions of Important Trees and Shrubs in North America. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1650 A&B. URL= http://greenwood.cr.usgs.gov/pub/ppapers/p1650-a/pages/conifers.html , accessed 22-Jan-2000.
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