Common Names
Taxonomic notes
Syn: Pinus tenuifolia Benth. 1842 non Salib. 1796; P. escandoniana Roezl 1857; P. hoseriana Roezl 1857; P. tzompoliana Roezl 1857. Although Roezl was the first to describe this species, his herbarium material was lost until recently. In the interim, the name P. maximinoi became widely established, as this tree is widely used in plantation forestry. In order to avoid a disruptive and relatively pointless name change, Farjon and Frankis (2) have proposed to conserve the binomial P. maximinoi (2). This would otherwise be the only valid binomial among the scores of pine species described by Roezl. For more on Roezl's role in the systematics of Mexican pines, see P. montezumae and (1).Description
Range
Big Tree
Oldest
Dendrochronology
Ethnobotany
Observations
Remarks
Citations
(1) Farjon & Styles 1997.(2) Farjon, Aljos and Michael P. Frankis. 1998. Proposal to conserve the name Pinus maximinoi (Pinaceae) against three competing binomials. Taxon 47: 733-734.
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Last modified on 19-Dec-98