Pinus wangii

Pinus wangii
Pinus wangii in the Kunming Botanical Garden, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Pinus
Species: P. wangii
Binomial name
Pinus wangii
Hu & Cheng

Pinus wangii (Chinese: 毛枝五针松) is a species of conifer in the Pinaceae family. It is found in China where two populations are known from Wenshan Prefecture in Yunnan.[2] It is uncertain whether it occurs in northern Vietnam.[3]

Pinus wangii is threatened by continued logging.[1] It is under second-class national protection in China.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Conifer Specialist Group (1998). "Pinus wangii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  2. Liguo Fu, Nan Li, Thomas S. Elias & Robert R. Mill. "Pinus wangii". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  3. Luu, Nguyen Duc To; Philip Ian Thomas (2004). Conifers of Vietnam. pp. 49–50. ISBN 1-872291-64-3.
  4. "National key protected wild plants (first batch)". Nature Reserve of China. 2004-07-10. Retrieved 13 April 2012.


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