Pinus luchuensis

Pinus luchuensis, commonly called Luchu pine^[2] or Okinawa pine,^[2] is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae endemic to, and locally abundant in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.^[1][2] It was once threatened by habitat loss in the wild, where it can be found growing in small stands near windy ocean shores.^[1] Having been harvested widely since the Second World War, the remaining stands are no longer commercially viable,^[1] except when cultivated for ornamental use.^[2]

Pinus luchuensis
A lone P. luchuensis, growing on Chichi-jima Island
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Gymnospermae
Division:	Pinophyta
Class:	Pinopsida
Order:	Pinales
Family:	Pinaceae
Genus:	Pinus
Subgenus:	P. subg. Pinus
Section:	P. sect. Pinus
Subsection:	P. subsect. Pinus
Species:	P. luchuensis
Binomial name
Pinus luchuensis Mayr[2]
Synonyms[3]
Pinus luchuensis subsp. hwangshanensis (W.Y.Hsia) D.Z.Li P. l. var. hwangshanensis (W.Y.Hsia) C.L.Wu P. l. var. shenkanensis Silba P. l. subsp. taiwanensis (Hayata) D.Z.Li