Abies concolor subsp. lowiana

Young tree; Yosemite, California

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Pinales 

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

Familia: Pinaceae
Genus: Abies
Sectio: A. sect. Grandis
Species: Abies concolor
Subspecies: Abies concolor subsp. lowiana

Name

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Abies concolor subsp. lowiana (Gordon) A.E.Murray, Kalmia 13: 2 (1983).

Synonyms

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  • Basionym
    • Picea lowiana Gordon, Pinetum, Suppl.: 53 (1862).
  • Homotypic
    • Abies concolor var. lowiana (Gordon) Lemmon, Cone-bear. Trees Pacif. Slope, ed. 3: 64 (1895).
    • Abies grandis var. lowiana (Gordon) Hoopes, Book Evergr.: 212 (1868).
    • Abies lowiana (Gordon) A.Murray bis, Proc. Hort. Soc. London 3: 317 (1863).
    • Pinus lowiana (Gordon) W.R.McNab, Proc. Roy. Irish Acad., ser. 2, 2: 680 (1876).
  • Heterotypic
    • Abies concolor var. baja-californica Silba, Phytologia 68: 11 (1990).
      • Abies concolor subsp. baja-californica (Silba) Silba, J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 15: 37 (2008).
    • Abies lowiana var. viridula Debreczy & I.Rácz, Phytologia 78: 231 (1995).
      • Abies concolor subsp. viridula (Debreczy & I.Rácz) Silba, J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 15: 38 (2008).

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Oregon.
    • Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
      • California, Nevada.
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Northwest (Baja California).

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


Note: None of the References accept this taxon preferring either Abies lowiana or placing it in synonymy with Abies concolor.

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