Larix griffithii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pinales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pinophyta Classis: Pinopsida Ordo: Pinales

Familia: Pinaceae
Genus: Larix
Species: Larix griffithii

Larix griffithii Hook.f., 1854

Homotypic
- Pinus griffithii (Hook.f.) Parl. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 411 (1868), nom. illeg.
Heterotypic
- Abies griffithiana Lindl. & Gordon in J. Hort. Soc. London 5: 214 (1850), nom. nud.
- Larix griffithiana Carrière in Traité Gén. Conif.: 278 (1855)
- Larix kongboensis R.R.Mill in Novon 9: 79 (1999) (disputed)
- Larix griffithii subsp. kongboensis (R.R.Mill) Silba in J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 15: 51 (2008)
- Larix sikkimensis Hook. ex Gordon in Pinetum, ed. 2: 171 (1875), not validly publ.
- Pinus griffithiana (Carrière) Voss in Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 16: 93 (1907)

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-temperate Regional:China China South-central, East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Farjon, A. (2010). A handbook of the world's Conifers 1: 1-526. BRILL, Leiden, Boston.
Qiu, Xiu-Fei, et al. 2024. Phylogenomic analyses shed new light on the spatiotemporal evolution of global larches: Implications for the dynamics of boreal forests. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 202: 108240. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108240 [note: genetic analysis shows that L. speciosa is much more closely related to L. potaninii than to L. griffithii; they accept species status for it; they also suggest that L. himalaica may be best treated as a variety of L. griffithii, but did not formally publish the new combination required]

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Larix griffithii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 May 07. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Larix griffithii. Published online. Accessed: May 07 2025. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2025. Larix griffithii. 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. 2025. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2025 May 07. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Larix griffithii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 May 2025. Reference page.
Flora of China: Larix griffithii
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Larix griffithii in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Reference page.