Abies cephalonica

Abies cephalonica foliage & cones, Enos, Kefalinia (type locality of species), Greece
Abies cephalonica forest, Panachaiko Mountains, Greece
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Abies cephalonica is listed as Least Concern.

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Pinales 

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

Familia: Pinaceae
Genus: Abies
Sectio: A. sect. Abies
Species: Abies cephalonica

Name edit

Abies cephalonica Loudon, Gard. Mag. (London) 14: 81, (1838; also Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 4: 2325, 1838).

Synonyms edit

  • Homotypic
    • Picea cephalonica (Loudon) Loudon, Encycl. Trees Shrubs: 1039 (1842).
    • Pinus cephalonica (Loudon) Endl., Cat. Horti Vindob. 1: 218 (1842).
    • Pinus abies var. cephalonica (Loudon) Christ, Verh. Naturf. Ges. Basel 3: 544 (1864).
    • Abies alba subsp. cephalonica (Loudon) K.Richt., Pl. Eur. 1: 5 (1890).
  • Heterotypic
    • Abies acicularis Maxim. ex Lavallée, Énum. Arbres: 257 (1877).
    • Abies apollinis Link, Linnaea 15: 528 (1842).
      • Pinus apollinis (Link) Antoine, Coniferen: 73 (1843).
      • Pinus abies var. apollinis (Link) Endl., Syn. Conif.: 96 (1847).
      • Abies picea var. apollinis (Link) Lindl. & Gordon, J. Hort. Soc. London 5: 210 (1850).
      • Picea apollinis (Link) Rauch ex Gordon, Pinetum, Suppl.: 44 (1862).
      • Abies cephalonica var. apollinis (Link) Beissn., Einheitl. Conif.-Ben.: 43 (1891).
      • Abies cephalonica subsp. apollinis (Link) Silba, J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 15: 37 (2008).
    • Abies cephalonica var. arcadica Henkel & W.Hochst., Syn. Nadelhölz.: 182 (1865).
    • Pinus picea var. graeca Fraas, Syn. Pl. Fl. Class.: 265 (1845).
    • Abies heterophylla K.Koch, Linnaea 22: 295 (1849), nom. illeg.
      • Abies cephalonica var. heterophylla K.Koch, Linnaea 22: 295 (1849).
    • Abies luscombeana Loudon, Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 4: 2325 (1838).
    • Abies panachaica Heldr., Gartenflora 10: 286 (1861).
      • Pinus abies var. panachaica (Heldr.) Christ, Verh. Naturf. Ges. Basel 3: 544 (1863).
      • Picea panachaica Heldr. ex Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 283 (1867), nom. inval., pro syn.
      • Picea cephalonica var. panachaica (Heldr.) Lindl. in E.J.Ravenscroft, Pinet. Brit. 2: 175 (1868).
      • Abies apollinis var. panachaica (Heldr.) Boiss., Fl. Orient. 5: 702 (1884).
      • Picea apollinis var. panachaica (Heldr.) Boiss., Fl. Orient. 5: 702 (1884).
    • Abies cephalonica var. parnassica Henkel & W.Hochst., Syn. Nadelhölz.: 181 (1865).
    • Abies peloponnesiaca Haage ex K.Koch, Wochenschr. Gärtnerei Pflanzenk. 1: 12 (1858).
      • Abies peloponnesica Haage ex Heldr., Gartenflora 9: 313 (1860).
      • Abies cephalonica var. peloponnesiaca (Haage ex K.Koch) Viguié & Gaussen, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Toulouse 58: 307 (1929).
      • Abies cephalonica subsp. peloponnesiaca (Haage ex K.Koch) Silba, J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 15: 37 (2008).
    • Abies cephalonica f. pseudocilicica Guin. & Maire, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 55: 187 (1908).
    • Abies reginae-amaliae Heldr., Gartenflora 9: 313 (1860).
      • Abies apollinis var. reginae-amaliae (Heldr.) Boiss., Fl. Orient. 5: 702 (1884).
      • Abies cephalonica var. reginae-amaliae (Heldr.) Beissn., Handb. Nadelholzk.: 441 (1891).
      • Pinus cephalonica var. reginae-amaliae (Heldr.) Voss in K.Putlitz & L.Meyer, Landlexikon 4: 774 (1913).
    • Abies cephalonica var. submutica Bailly, Rev. Hort. (Paris) 60: 578 (1888).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Europe
    • Regional: Southeastern Europe
      • Albania, Greece, Italy (introduced).

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References edit

Additional references edit

Links edit

Vernacular names edit

العربية: شوح كيفالوني
Deutsch: Griechische Tanne
Ελληνικά: Κεφαλληνιακή ελάτη
English: Greek Fir
Esperanto: Greka abio
español: Abeto griego
suomi: Kreikanpihta
français: Sapin de Céphalonie
magyar: Görög jegenyefenyő
italiano: Abete greco
перем коми: Кефалинияись ньыв
lietuvių: Graikinis kėnis
Nederlands: Griekse zilverspar
norsk: Gresk gran
polski: Jodła grecka
русский: Пихта кефалинийская
Türkçe: Yunanistan göknarı
удмурт: Кефалиниысь ньылпу
  For more multimedia, look at Abies cephalonica on Wikimedia Commons.