Abies concolor subsp. concolor

Young tree; Vista Encantada, Grand Canyon North Rim, Coconino Co., Arizona

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pinaceae
Genus: Abies
Sectio: A. sect. Grandis
Species: Abies concolor
Subspecies: Abies concolor subsp. concolor

Name

Abies concolor (Gordon & Glend.) Lindl. ex Hildebr. subsp. concolor, autonym

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Abies concolor f. atroviolacea Cinovskis, Intr. Rast. Bot. Sad. Pri.: 48 (1974).
  • Abies concolor aurea Beissn., Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 15: 144 (1906 publ. 1907).
    • Abies concolor f. aurea (Beissn.) Rehder, Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 13 (1949).
  • Abies concolor brevifolia Beissn., Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 15: 144 (1906 publ. 1907).
    • Abies concolor f. brevifolia (Beissn.) Rehder, Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 13 (1949).
  • Abies concolor f. conica Slavin in F.J.Chittenden, Rep. Conif. Conf. R.H.S.: 90 (1932).
  • Abies concolor globosa Niemetz, Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 14: 212 (1905).
    • Abies concolor f. globosa (Niemetz) Rehder, Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 13 (1949).
  • Picea grandis Newb., Pacif. Railr. Rep. Williamson & Abbot, Bot. 6(3; 2): 46 (1858), nom. illeg.
  • Picea lowii Gordon, Pinetum, ed. 2: 218 (1875).
  • Abies concolor var. martinezii Silba, Phytologia 68: 12 (1990).
    • Abies concolor subsp. martinezii (Silba) Silba, J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 15: 38 (2008).
  • Picea parsonsiana E.Manning, Gard. Monthly & Hort. Advertiser 10: 109 (1868).
  • Picea parsonsii Fowler, Gard. Chron. 1872: 394 (1872).
  • Abies concolor var. pendens Sudw., Bull. Div. Forest. U.S.D.A. 14: 55 (1897).
  • Abies lasiocarpa var. pendula Carrière, Rev. Hort. (Paris) 62: 117 (1890).
    • Abies lowiana var. pendula (Carrière) Fitschen in L.Beissner, Handb. Nadelholzk., ed. 3: 163 (1930).
  • Abies concolor pendula Simon-Louis ex Beissn., Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 5: 64 (1896).
    • Abies concolor var. pendula (Simon-Louis ex Beissn.) Zederb., Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl., Abt. 1, 116: 1936 (1907).
    • Abies concolor f. pendula (Simon-Louis ex Beissn.) Rehder, Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 13 (1949).
  • Picea concolor var. violacea A.Murray bis, Gard. Chron., n.s., 3: 464 (1875).
    • Abies concolor var. violacea (A.Murray bis) Beissn. in H.Jaeger & L.Beissner, Ziergehölze Gärt. Parkanl., ed. 2: 432 (1884).
    • Abies concolor f. violacea (A.Murray bis) Beissn., Handb. Conif.: 45 (1887).
    • Pinus concolor f. violacea (A.Murray bis) Voss in K.Putlitz & L.Meyer, Landlexikon 4: 775 (1913).
  • Abies concolor wattezii Beissn., Ned. Tuinbouwbl. 1900: 421 (1900).
    • Abies concolor f. wattezii (Beissn.) Rehder, Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 13 (1949).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe (introduced) Regional: Middle Europe Czechoslovakia. Continental: Northern America Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Wyoming. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. (introduced) Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont. Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, Nevada, Utah. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico. Regional: Mexico Mexico Northeast (Chihuahua), Mexico Northwest (Baja California, Sonora). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Additional references

• Hunt, R.S. 1993. Abies. Pp. 354–362 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. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Abies concolor subsp. concolor in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Mar 16. Reference page.  (merging A. concolor subsp. lowiana)
• USDA NRCS PLANTS Profile