Abies concolor subsp. lowiana

Young tree; Yosemite, California

Taxonavigation

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

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

Synonyms

• 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

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.

References

Additional references

• Hunt, R.S. 1993. Abies. Pp. 354–362 in Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.), Flora of North America North of Mexico. Volume 2: Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford, XVI, 475 pp. ISBN 0-19-508242-7. efloras FNA Website Internet Archive, Lending Library Reference page.  (as Abies lowiana)
• Eckenwalder, J.E. 2009. Conifers of the World. The Complete Reference. 720 pp., Timber Press, Portland, London. ISBN 978-0-88192-974-4 Reference page.  (as Abies concolor var. lowiana)
• 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.  (not accepting this taxon)

Links

• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Abies concolor subsp. lowiana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12. (as Abies lowiana)
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Abies concolor subsp. lowiana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 16. Reference page.  (as synonym of Abies concolor))
• USDA NRCS PLANTS Profile (as Abies lowiana}}