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Species of conifer

Pinus wangii
Pinus wangii in the Kunming Botanical Garden, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Pinus
Subgenus: P. subg. Strobus
Section: P. sect. Quinquefoliae
Subsection: P. subsect. Strobus
Species: P. wangii
Binomial name
Pinus wangii
Hu & Cheng

Pinus wangii, commonly known as the Guangdong white pine (Chinese: 毛枝五针松), is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae.

It was named after Dr. Shao-Ping Wang, a professor of forest genetics.

Distribution

This pine tree is native to Yunnan Province of southern China, where two populations are known from Wenshan Prefecture. It is uncertain whether it occurs in northern Vietnam.

Pinus wangii is an IUCN Red List Endangered species, threatened by continued logging. It is under second-class national protection in China.

References

  1. ^ Farjon, A. (2013). "Pinus wangii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T32368A2816540. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T32368A2816540.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. "Pinus wangii / Guangdong white pine | Conifer Species". American Conifer Society. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  3. Johanna Buchert Smith The Story Garden: Cultivating Plants to Nurture Memories at Google Books
  4. Liguo Fu; Nan Li; Thomas S. Elias & Robert R. Mill. "Pinus wangii". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  5. Luu, Nguyen Duc To; Philip Ian Thomas (2004). Conifers of Vietnam. Nhà xuất bản Thế giới. pp. 49–50. ISBN 1-872291-64-3.
  6. "National key protected wild plants (first batch)". Nature Reserve of China. 2004-07-10. Archived from the original on 13 April 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
Taxon identifiers
Pinus wangii


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