Abies grandis

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Familia: Pinaceae
Genus: Abies
Sectio: A. sect. Grandis
Species: Abies grandis
Subspecies: A. g. subsp. grandis – A. g. subsp. idahoensis

Name[edit]

Abies grandis (Douglas ex D.Don) Lindl., Penny Cyclop. 1: 30 (1833).

Synonyms[edit]

Basionym
- Pinus grandis Douglas ex D.Don in A.B.Lambert, Descr. Pinus, ed. 3, 2: 144 bis (1832).
Homotypic
- Picea grandis (Douglas ex D.Don) Loudon, Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 4: 2341 (1838).

Distribution[edit]

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe (introduced)
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Denmark, Great Britain, Ireland, Norway.
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Czechoslovakia, Germany, Switzerland.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Italy.
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Western Canada
  - British Columbia.
- Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington.
- Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
  - California.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References[edit]

Primary references[edit]

Lindley, J. 1833. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge 1: 30. London.

Links[edit]

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Abies grandis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 March 19. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Abies grandis. Published online. Accessed: March 19 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Abies grandis. Accessed: 19 March 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. Abies grandis. 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 19. Reference page.

Vernacular names[edit]

العربية: شوح كبير
Cymraeg: Ffynidwydden gawraidd
dansk: Kæmpe-Gran
Deutsch: Große Küsten-Tanne
dolnoserbski: Wjelicka jedła
English: Grand Fir
eesti: Hiigelnulg
suomi: Jättipihta
français: Sapin de Vancouver
Nederlands: Reuzenzilverspar
norsk: Kjempeedelgran
polski: Jodła olbrzymia
русский: Пихта великая
svenska: Kustgran

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