Abies fraseri

Abies fraseri, Clingman's Dome, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee, USA

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Abies fraseri is listed as Endangered.

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 fraseri

Name

Abies fraseri (Pursh) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 5: 35 (1817).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Pinus fraseri Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 639 (1813).
• Homotypic
  • Pinus balsamea var. fraseri (Pursh) Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 223 (1818).
  • Picea fraseri (Pursh) Loudon, Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 4: 2340 (1838).
  • Abies balsamea var. fraseri (Pursh) Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. 11: 422 (1841).
  • Picea balsamea var. fraseri (Pursh) J.Nelson, Pinaceae: 179 (1866).
  • Abies balsamea subsp. fraseri (Pursh) A.E.Murray, Kalmia 12: 18 (1982).
• Heterotypic
  • Abies humilis Bach.Pyl., Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 4: 437 (1826).
  • Picea hudsonia Gordon & Glend., Pinetum: 148 (1858).
  • Abies fraseri f. prostrata Rehder, J. Arnold Arbor. 9: 30 (1928).
    • Abies fraseri var. prostrata (Rehder) Hornibr., Dwarf Conifers, ed. 2: 25 (1939).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Southeastern U.S.A. North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lamarck, J.-B. & Poiret, J.L.M. 1817. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Botanique. Supplément. Tome 5. viii + 780 pp. Paris: H. Agasse. BHL Reference page. 
• Pursh, F.T. 1813 "1814". Flora Americae Septentrionalis, or, A systematic arrangement and description of the plants of North America. Vol. 2. pp. 359–751, London: White, Cochrance, and co. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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. 

Links

• Farjon, A. 2013.. Abies fraseri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. IUCN Red List Category: Endangered . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T32101A2810241.en.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Abies fraseri 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. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Abies fraseri. Published online. Accessed: March 20 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Abies fraseri. Accessed: 20 March 2023.
• WFO Plant List 2025. Abies fraseri. Published online. Accessed: 8 January 2025.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Fraser-Tanne
English: Fraser Fir
eesti: Fraseri nulg
suomi: Virginianpihta
перем коми: Фразер ньыв
Nederlands: Fraserspar
polski: Jodła Frasera
удмурт: Фразер ньылпу

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