Abies amabilis

Abies amabilis, Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Snoqualmie, Washington, USA

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pinales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pinophyta Classis: Pinopsida Ordo: Pinales

Familia: Pinaceae
Genus: Abies
Sectio: A. sect. Amabilis
Species: Abies amabilis

Name

Abies amabilis (Douglas ex Loudon) J.Forbes, Pinet. Woburn.: 125 (1839).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Picea amabilis Douglas ex Loudon, Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 4: 2342 (1838).
• Homotypic
  • Pinus amabilis (Douglas ex Loudon) Parl. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 426 (1868).
• Heterotypic
  • Abies grandis Hook., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 163 (1838), nom. illeg.
  • Abies grandis var. densifolia Engelm., Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 3: 599 (1877).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Subarctic America Alaska Eastern Canada British Columbia. Northwestern U.S.A. Oregon, Washington. Southwestern U.S.A California. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Additional references

• Hunt, R.S. 1993. Abies amabilis. Pp. - in Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.), Flora of North America North of Mexico. Volume 2: Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms. XVI, 475 p., Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford. ISBN 0-19-508242-7. efloras Reference page. 
• Farjon, A. 2010. A Handbook of the World's Conifers. Koninklijke Brill, Leiden. ISBN 90-04-17718-3. Reference page. 

Links

• Farjon, A. 2013. Abies amabilis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42271A2968657.en.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Abies amabilis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 March 4. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Abies amabilis. Published online. Accessed: 4 March 2021.

Vernacular names

العربية: شوح مستحب
čeština: Jedle líbezná
Deutsch: Purpur-Tanne
English: Pacific Silver Fir
Esperanto: Gracia abio
español: Abeto del Pacífico
eesti: Õilis nulg
فارسی: نراد سیمین اقیانوس آرام
suomi: Purppurapihta
français: Sapin gracieux
hrvatski: Grimizna jela
magyar: Szitka jegenyefenyő
íslenska: Silfurþinur
italiano: Abete amabile
lietuvių: Purpurinis kėnis
polski: Jodła wonna
русский: Пихта миловидная

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