Abies chensiensis

Abies chensiensis, Botanischer Garten Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Abies chensiensis 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. Momi
Species: Abies chensiensis
Varietates: A. c. var. chensiensis – A. c. var. ernestii – A. c. var. salouenensis – A. c. var. yulongxueshanensis

Name

Abies chensiensis Tiegh., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 38: 413 (1892).

• Typus: China: Shaanxi: Jinling mountains, forests above 3000 m. 1872. A.David. (Holotype: P).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate China China North-Central (Gansu, Shaanxi), China South-Central (Hubei, Sichuan), China Southeast (Henan), Tibet. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent East Himalaya. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Additional references

• Fu, L.K., Nan, L., Elias, T.S. & Mill, R.R. 1999. Abies chensiensis. Pp. 46 in Wu, Zh.Y. & Raven, P.H. (eds.), Flora of China. Volume 4: Cycadaceae through Fagaceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 0-915279-70-3. efloras Reference page. 
• Farjon, A. 2001. World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers. 2. ed., 309 pp. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-025-0 Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Shao, Y.Z. & Xiang, Q.P. 2015. Species delimitation and phylogeography of the Abies chensiensis complex inferred from morphological and molecular data. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 177: 175-188. DOI: 10.1111/boj.12235 Reference page. 

Links

• Farjon, A., Li, J.-y., Li, N., Li, Y., Carter, G., Katsuki, T., Liao, W., Luscombe, D, Qin, H.-n., Rao, L.-b., Rushforth, K., Yang, Y., Yu, S., Xiang, Q. & Zhang, D. 2011. Abies chensiensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T42274A10675568.en.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Abies chensiensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 March 5. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Abies chensiensis. Published online. Accessed: 5 March 2021.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Schensi-Tanne
English: Shensi fir
Türkçe: Shensi göknarı
中文: 秦岭冷杉

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