Pinus wangii
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| Pinus wangii | |
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| Pinus wangii in the Kunming Botanical Garden, Kunming, Yunnan, China. | |
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. Strobus |
| Section: | P. sect. Quinquefoliae |
| Subsection: | P. subsect. Strobus |
| Species: | P. wangii
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| Binomial name | |
| Pinus wangii Hu & Cheng
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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,[2] a professor of forest genetics.[3]
Distribution
[edit]This pine tree is native to Yunnan Province of southern China, where two populations are known from Wenshan Prefecture.[4] It is uncertain whether it occurs in northern Vietnam.[5]
Pinus wangii is an IUCN Red List Endangered species, threatened by continued logging.[1] It is under second-class national protection in China.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "Pinus wangii / Guangdong white pine | Conifer Species". American Conifer Society. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ Johanna Buchert Smith The Story Garden: Cultivating Plants to Nurture Memories at Google Books
- ^ 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.
- ^ Luu, Nguyen Duc To; Philip Ian Thomas (2004). Conifers of Vietnam. Nhà xuất bản Thế giới. pp. 49–50. ISBN 1-872291-64-3.
- ^ "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.
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