Abies cephalonica

Abies cephalonica foliage & cones, Enos, Kefalinia (type locality of species), Greece

Abies cephalonica forest, Panachaiko Mountains, Greece

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Abies cephalonica is listed as Least Concern.

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pinaceae
Genus: Abies
Sectio: A. sect. Abies
Species: Abies cephalonica

Name

Abies cephalonica Loudon, Gard. Mag. (London) 14: 81, (1838; also Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 4: 2325, 1838).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Picea cephalonica (Loudon) Loudon, Encycl. Trees Shrubs: 1039 (1842).
  • Pinus cephalonica (Loudon) Endl., Cat. Horti Vindob. 1: 218 (1842).
  • Pinus abies var. cephalonica (Loudon) Christ, Verh. Naturf. Ges. Basel 3: 544 (1864).
  • Abies alba subsp. cephalonica (Loudon) K.Richt., Pl. Eur. 1: 5 (1890).
• Heterotypic
  • Abies acicularis Maxim. ex Lavallée, Énum. Arbres: 257 (1877).
  • Abies apollinis Link, Linnaea 15: 528 (1842).
    • Pinus apollinis (Link) Antoine, Coniferen: 73 (1843).
    • Pinus abies var. apollinis (Link) Endl., Syn. Conif.: 96 (1847).
    • Abies picea var. apollinis (Link) Lindl. & Gordon, J. Hort. Soc. London 5: 210 (1850).
    • Picea apollinis (Link) Rauch ex Gordon, Pinetum, Suppl.: 44 (1862).
    • Abies cephalonica var. apollinis (Link) Beissn., Einheitl. Conif.-Ben.: 43 (1891).
    • Abies cephalonica subsp. apollinis (Link) Silba, J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 15: 37 (2008).
  • Abies cephalonica var. arcadica Henkel & W.Hochst., Syn. Nadelhölz.: 182 (1865).
  • Pinus picea var. graeca Fraas, Syn. Pl. Fl. Class.: 265 (1845).
  • Abies heterophylla K.Koch, Linnaea 22: 295 (1849), nom. illeg.
    • Abies cephalonica var. heterophylla K.Koch, Linnaea 22: 295 (1849).
  • Abies luscombeana Loudon, Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 4: 2325 (1838).
  • Abies panachaica Heldr., Gartenflora 10: 286 (1861).
    • Pinus abies var. panachaica (Heldr.) Christ, Verh. Naturf. Ges. Basel 3: 544 (1863).
    • Picea panachaica Heldr. ex Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 283 (1867), nom. inval., pro syn.
    • Picea cephalonica var. panachaica (Heldr.) Lindl. in E.J.Ravenscroft, Pinet. Brit. 2: 175 (1868).
    • Abies apollinis var. panachaica (Heldr.) Boiss., Fl. Orient. 5: 702 (1884).
    • Picea apollinis var. panachaica (Heldr.) Boiss., Fl. Orient. 5: 702 (1884).
  • Abies cephalonica var. parnassica Henkel & W.Hochst., Syn. Nadelhölz.: 181 (1865).
  • Abies peloponnesiaca Haage ex K.Koch, Wochenschr. Gärtnerei Pflanzenk. 1: 12 (1858).
    • Abies peloponnesica Haage ex Heldr., Gartenflora 9: 313 (1860).
    • Abies cephalonica var. peloponnesiaca (Haage ex K.Koch) Viguié & Gaussen, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Toulouse 58: 307 (1929).
    • Abies cephalonica subsp. peloponnesiaca (Haage ex K.Koch) Silba, J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 15: 37 (2008).
  • Abies cephalonica f. pseudocilicica Guin. & Maire, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 55: 187 (1908).
  • Abies reginae-amaliae Heldr., Gartenflora 9: 313 (1860).
    • Abies apollinis var. reginae-amaliae (Heldr.) Boiss., Fl. Orient. 5: 702 (1884).
    • Abies cephalonica var. reginae-amaliae (Heldr.) Beissn., Handb. Nadelholzk.: 441 (1891).
    • Pinus cephalonica var. reginae-amaliae (Heldr.) Voss in K.Putlitz & L.Meyer, Landlexikon 4: 774 (1913).
  • Abies cephalonica var. submutica Bailly, Rev. Hort. (Paris) 60: 578 (1888).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Europe Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Greece, Italy (introduced). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Additional references

• Tutin, T.G., Burges, N.A., Chater, A.O., Edmondson, J.R., Heywood, V.H., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (eds.) 1993. Flora Europaea. Volume 1: Psilotaceae to Platanaceae. 2nd edition, xlvi + 581 pp., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (UK) / New York / Melbourne, ISBN 0-521-41007-X. Reference page. 
• Farjon, A. 2010. A Handbook of the World's Conifers. 2 vols., pp. 1–526 + 527–1111, Koninklijke Brill, Leiden, Boston. ISBN 978-90-04-17718-5. Reference page. 

Links

• Gardner, M. & Knees, S. 2011. Abies cephalonica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T38320A10110896.en.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Abies cephalonica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 March 20. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Abies cephalonica. Published online. Accessed: March 20 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Abies cephalonica. Accessed: 20 March 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Abies cephalonica. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 March 20. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

العربية: شوح كيفالوني
Deutsch: Griechische Tanne
Ελληνικά: Κεφαλληνιακή ελάτη
English: Greek Fir
Esperanto: Greka abio
español: Abeto griego
suomi: Kreikanpihta
français: Sapin de Céphalonie
magyar: Görög jegenyefenyő
italiano: Abete greco
перем коми: Кефалинияись ньыв
lietuvių: Graikinis kėnis
Nederlands: Griekse zilverspar
norsk: Gresk gran
polski: Jodła grecka
русский: Пихта кефалинийская
Türkçe: Yunanistan göknarı
удмурт: Кефалиниысь ньылпу

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