Abies lasiocarpa

Abies lasiocarpa var. lasiocarpa

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pinaceae
Genus: Abies
Sectio: A. sect. Balsamea
Species: Abies lasiocarpa
Varietates: A. l. var. arizonica – A. l. var. lasiocarpa

Name

Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt., N. Amer. Sylv. 3: 138 (1849).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Pinus lasiocarpa Hook., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 163 (1838).
• Homotypic
  • Picea lasiocarpa (Hook.) A.Murray bis, Gard. Chron., n.s., 4: 135 (1875).
  • Abies grandis var. lasiocarpa (Hook.) Lavallée, Énum. Arbres: 259 (1877).
  • Abies concolor var. lasiocarpa (Hook.) Beissn., Handb. Conif.: 71 (1887).
• Heterotypic
  • Abies balsamea subsp. lasiocarpa (Hook.) B.Boivin, Naturaliste Canad. 86: 222 (1959).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Subarctic America Alaska, Northwest Territories, Yukon. Western Canada Alberta, British Columbia. Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming. Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California, Nevada. South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico. 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, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (UK) / New York / Melbourne, xlvi + 581 pp., ISBN 0-521-41007-X. Reference page. 
• Farjon, A. 2001. World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers. 2. ed., 309 pp. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-025-0 Reference page. 
• Farjon, A. 2010. A Handbook of the World's Conifers. Koninklijke Brill, Leiden. ISBN 90-04-17718-3. Reference page. 
• Adams, R.P., Earle, C.J. & Thornburg, D. 2011. Taxonomy of infraspecific taxa of Abies lasiocarpa: leaf essential oils and DNA of Abies lasiocarpa, var. bifolia and var. arizonica. Phytologia 93: 73–87. BHL PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Farjon, A. 2013. Abies lasiocarpa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42289A2970039.en.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Abies lasiocarpa 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 lasiocarpa. Published online. Accessed: 4 March 2021.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Felsengebirgs-Tanne
English: Subalpine Fir
Esperanto: Rok-montara abio
suomi: Lännenpihta
français: Sapin subalpin
русский: пихта субальпийская

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