Common Names
Taxonomic notes
Li 1997 contends "[m]orphological study (3) and molecular analysis (4) suggested this is a hybrid", P. yunnanensis × tabuliformis but suggests retaining it as a species. It is also retained by Price et al. (2).Description
Range
China: Sichuan, NW Yunnan; SE Tibet (1).Big Tree
Oldest
Dendrochronology
Ethnobotany
Observations
Remarks
Citations
(1) Li 1997.(2) Price et al. 1998.
(3) Wu C.L. 1956. The taxonomic revision and phytogeographical study of Chinese pines. Acta Phytotax. Sinica 5(3): 131-162.
(4) Wang X.R. and Szmidt, A.E. 1990. Evolutionary analysis of Pinus densata, a putative tertiary hybrid. 2. A study using species-specific chloroplast DNA markers. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 80: 641-647.
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Last modified on 21-Dec-98