Common Names
Lijiang spruce; Lijiang yunshan [Chinese] (1).Taxonomic notes
Syn: Abies likiangensis Franch.; Picea yunnanensis hort. ex Wilson. Four varieties here recognized (all from (1)):- Picea likiangensis var. rubescens Rehder & Wilson (syn: P. balfouriana Rehder & Wilson; Picea likiangensis var. balfouriana (Rehder & Wilson) Slavin; P. sikangensis Cheng; P. balfouriana f. bicolor Cheng).
- Picea likiangensis var. hirtella (Rehder & Wilson) Cheng ex Chen (syn: P. hirtella Rehder & Wilson; P. balfouriana var. hirtella (Rehder & Wilson) Cheng)
- Picea likiangensis var. linzhiensis Cheng & Fu (syn: P. likiangensis var. linzhiensis f.
- Picea likiangensis var. montigena (Masters) Chenx ex Chen (syn: P. montigena Masters)
Description
Range
China: W Sichuan, SE Xizang, NW Yunnan (1).Big Tree
Oldest
Dendrochronology
Ethnobotany
Observations
Can eeasily be found in mountain valleys in the vicinity of Kangding, Sichuan, where are found the type locales for several varieties first collected by E.H. Wilson (1).Remarks
Var. hirtella is listed by the WCMC as vulnerable: "This variety is restricted to high-altitude coniferous forests in the mountains of west Sichuan and neighbouring Tibet. The tree provides a useful timber and levels of exploitation of both it and the forest in general have caused serious habitat fragmentation and population declines." Var. montigena is listed as endangered: "A useful timber tree restricted to a small area of high-altitude coniferous forest in south-west Sichuan. Levels of exploitation of both the tree and the forest in general have caused population declines. There are no signs of the pressure easing and no protection measures are enforced" (2).Citations
(1) Farjon 1990.(2) World Conservation Monitoring Centre - Trees.
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Last modified on 19-Dec-98