Pinus fragilissima

Pinus fragilissima, near Taitung, Taiwan

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pinaceae
Genus: Pinus
Subgenus: P. subg. Pinus
Sectio: P. sect. Pinus
Subsectio: P. subsect. Pinus
Species: Pinus fragilissima

Name

Pinus fragilissima Businský, Novon 13: 282 (2003).

• Typus: Taitung County: below the great bend of Southern Cross-Island Highway on S slopes about 1km N of Wulu village, 930 m. 18 Dec 1991. R.Businský 32172. (Holotype: PR; Isotype: B, BM, C, G, MO, P, PE, TAI, Herb. RILOG).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Pinus taiwanensis var. fragilissima (Businský) Farjon, Handb. world's Conifers 2: 770 (2010).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate Eastern Asia Taiwan. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Businský, R. 2003. A New Hard Pine (Pinus, Pinaceae) from Taiwan. Novon 3(3): 281–288. JSTOR BHL PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

• Fu, L.-K., Li, N. & Elias, T.S. 1999. Pinus. Pp. 12-25 in Wu, Zh.Y. & Raven, P.H. (eds.), Flora of China. Volume 4: Cycadaceae through Fagaceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 0-915279-70-3. efloras PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Pinus fragilissima in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 March 8. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Pinus fragilissima. Published online. Accessed: March 8 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Pinus fragilissima. Accessed: 8 March 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Pinus fragilissima. 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 8. Reference page.