Pinus pseudostrobus
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Pinus pseudostrobus, known in English as the smooth-bark Mexican pine and in Spanish as chamite or pacingo, is a tree found in forests of Mexico and Central America.[1][2][6] [citation needed] It is 8 to 25 m tall with a dense and round top.[citation needed]It is threatened by logging and wood harvesting.[1] The bark is brown and fissured and smooth when young. [citation needed] It is subject to ex situ conservation.[1] It grows at altitudes between 850 and 3250 m. from 26° to 15° north latitude, from Sinaloa, Mexico to Nicaragua and Honduras. It occurs within a rainfall regime that rains mostly in summer.[citation needed]
Pinus pseudostrobus | |
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var. apulcensis in cultivation | |
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. Trifoliae |
Subsection: | P. subsect. Ponderosae |
Species: | P. pseudostrobus |
Binomial name | |
Pinus pseudostrobus | |
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Natural range of Pinus pseudostrobus. Pinus pseudostrobus is also found in El Salvador.[2] | |
Synonyms | |
Pinus astecaensis Roezl ex Gordon[4] Pinus coatepecensis (Martínez)Gaussen[3] Pinus estevezii (Martínez) J.P.Perry[3] Pinus nubicola J.P.Perry[3] Pinus oaxana Mirov[4] Pinus yecorensis Debreczy & I.Ràcz |
In some forested areas like southern Nuevo León Pinus pseudostrobus is the tree with largest volume per hectare.[7]
English botanist John Lindley described the species in 1839. It is divided into Pinus pseudostrobus var.apulcensis (Lindl.)Shaw (Apulco pine), Pinus pseudostrobus f.protuberans Martínez and Pinus pseudostrobus var.pseudostrobus.[2][6]
It has been introduced in New Zealand near sea level and has done well.[citation needed]
- Male cones at San Francisco Botanical Garden
- Pinus pseudostrobus, Cerro Pelón, Mexico
References
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