Common Names
Taxonomic notes
One variety, P. fenzeliana var. dabeshanensis (Cheng & Law) Fu & Li 1997 (Basionym: P. dabeshanensis Cheng & La 1975; syn: P. armandii var. dabeshanensis Silba 1990) (1)."Both P. fenzeliana var. fenzeliana and variety dabeshanensis have thin, easily breakable seed coats and are restricted in their distribution to the south of the Yangtze River. Pinus armandii has thick and hard seed coats and is widely distributed in China" (1).
Description
"Variety dabeshanensis differs from variety fenzeliana by its shorter needles 5--14 cm long, cylindric-ellipsoid seed cones ca. 14 cm, and pale brown seeds with a wing less than 2 mm long. In variety fenzeliana the needles are 10--28 cm long, the seed cones are ovoid-ellipsoid and 6--9 cm long, and the seeds are chestnut brown and with a wing 2--4(--7) mm long. The differences between the two taxa are primarily quantitative and somewhat continuous in nature, and that justifies their recognition at the varietal rank" (1).
Range
China. For the variety, the type location is SW Anhui: Dabie Shan (thus, the epithet), at 900--1400 m (1).Big Tree
Oldest
Dendrochronology
Ethnobotany
Observations
Remarks
Listed as threatened in Viet Nam by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre.Citations
(1) Li & Fu 1997.[Pinus] [Pinaceae] [home]
This page is from the Gymnosperm Database
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Edited by Christopher J. Earle
E-mail:earlecj@earthlink.net
Last modified on 21-Dec-98