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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