Picea farreri

Picea farreri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Picea
Species: P. farreri
Binomial name
Picea farreri
C.N. Page & Rushforth

Picea farreri is a species of conifer in the pine family, Pinaceae. It is known by the common name Farrer's spruce. [1][2] It is native to China, where it is known only from Yunnan, and to Myanmar.[1]

This tree can reach 35 meters tall.[2] It grows on limestone soils in cool, wet mountainous habitat.[1]

Picea farreri is named after the plant collector Reginald Farrer who travelled extensively in China and what was then Burma.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Zhang, D, Rushforth, K. & Katsuki, T. 2013. Picea farreri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.2. Downloaded on 02 September 2015.
  2. 1 2 Picea farreri. The Gymnosperm Database.
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