| Pinus cubensis | |
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| Tree near Baracoa, Cuba | |
| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Pinales |
| Family: | Pinaceae |
| Genus: | Pinus |
| Subgenus: | P. subg. Pinus |
| Section: | P. sect. Trifoliae |
| Subsection: | P. subsect. Australes |
| Species: | P. cubensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pinus cubensis Griseb. | |
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| Natural range of Pinus cubensis | |
Pinus cubensis, or Cuban pine, is a pine endemic to the eastern highlands of the island of Cuba, inhabiting both the Sierra Nipe-Cristal and Sierra Maestra mountain ranges.
Taxonomy
The closely related Hispaniolan pine (P. occidentalis), native to the neighboring island of Hispaniola, is treated as synonymous by some botanists. Modern systematic studies recognize P. cubensis it as a valid species, nevertheless, there is disagreement about whether the Sierra Maestra populations in the south are part of P. cubensis or conform another species named P. maestrensis.
The Sierra Nipe-Cristal and Sierra Maestra population may have diverged recently, as indicated by recent genetic studies that have found some ancestral genetic lineages that are shared among the two regions and only some rare variants exclusive for each region.
References
- Farjon, A. (2013). "Pinus cubensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T42353A2974732. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42353A2974732.en. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- Farjon, A. 1997: Pinus (Pinaceae), Flora Neotropica, Monograph 75 (together with Brian T. Styles). New York : The New York Botanical Garden. ISBN 0-89327-411-9
- López-Almirall A. 1982. Variabilidad del Género Pinus (Coniferales: Pinaceae) en Cuba. Acta Botánica Cubana 12: 1–32.
- Jardón-Barbolla, L., Delgado-Valerio, P., Geada-López, G., Vázquez-Lobo, A., & Pinero D. (2011). Phylogeography of Pinus subsection Australes in the Caribbean Basin. Annals of Botany 107: 229-241.
External links
- Farjon, A. (2013). "Pinus cubensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T42353A2974732. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42353A2974732.en. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- Pinus cubensis description (Gymnosperm Database)
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| Pinus cubensis | |
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