Abies balsamea var. balsamea

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Abies balsamea var. balsamea is listed as Least Concern.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pinales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pinophyta Classis: Pinopsida Ordo: Pinales

Familia: Pinaceae
Genus: Abies
Sectio: A. sect. Balsamea
Species: Abies balsamea
Subspecies: Abies balsamea var. balsamea

Name

Abies balsamea (L.) Mill. var. balsamea, autonym

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Abies balsamifera Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 207 (1803).
  • Abies hudsonia Bosc ex Jacques, J. Soc. Agron. Prat. 1829: 199 (1829).
    • Picea fraseri var. hudsonia (Bosc ex Jacques) Knight & Perry, Syn. Conif.: 39 (1850).
    • Abies fraseri var. hudsonia (Bosc ex Jacques) Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif.: 200 (1855).
    • Abies balsamea f. hudsonia (Bosc ex Jacques) Fernald & Weath., Rhodora 34: 190 (1932).
  • Abies balsamea var. longifolia Loudon, Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 4: 2339 (1838).
    • Picea balsamea var. longifolia Loudon, Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 4: 2339 (1838).
    • Pinus balsamea var. longifolia (Loudon) Endl., Syn. Conif.: 103 (1847).
  • Abies fraseri var. nana Lindl. & Gordon, J. Hort. Soc. London 5: 209 (1850).
  • Abies minor Duhamel ex Gordon & Glend., Pinetum: 143 (1858).
  • Picea balsamea var. nana J.Nelson, Pinaceae: 37 (1866).
    • Abies balsamea var. nana (J.Nelson) Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 294 (1867).
    • Abies balsamea f. nana (J.Nelson) Beissn., Handb. Conif.: 44 (1887).
  • Picea aromatica Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 310 (1867), pro syn.
  • Abies balsamea var. brachylepis Willk., Index Seminum (TU, Dorpatensis) 1868: 7 (1869).
  • Abies balsamea var. macrocarpa A.H.Kent in H.J.Veitch, Man. Conif., new ed.: 492 (1900).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Western Canada Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan. Eastern Canada. Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec. North-Central U.S.A. Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin. Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia. Southeastern U.S.A. Virginia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Additional references

• Farjon, A. 2010. A Handbook of the World's Conifers. 2 vols., pp. 1–526 + 527–1111, Koninklijke Brill, Leiden, Boston. ISBN 978-90-04-17718-5. Reference page. 

Links

• Farjon, A. 2013. Abies balsamea var. balsamea. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T46521861A46522164.en.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Abies balsamea var. balsamea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 March 20. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Abies balsamea var. balsamea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 March 20. Reference page.