Abies procera

Abies procera, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Abies procera 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. Nobilis
Species: Abies procera

Name

Abies procera Rehder, Rhodora 42: 522 (1940).

Synonyms

• Replaced synonym
  • Abies nobilis (Douglas ex D.Don) Lindl., Penny Cyclop. 1: 30 (1833), nom. illeg. non A.Dietr. (1824)
• Basionym
  • Pinus nobilis Douglas ex D.Don in A.B.Lambert, Descr. Pinus, ed. 3, 2: 144 bis (1832).
• Homotypic
  • Picea nobilis (Douglas ex D.Don) Loudon, Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 4: 2342 (1838).
  • Pseudotsuga nobilis (Douglas ex D.Don) W.R.McNab, Proc. Roy. Irish Acad., ser. 2, 2: t. 49 (1877).
• Heterotypic
  • Abies nobilis var. prostrata Hornibr. ex Chitt., Conif. Cult. Rep. Conif. Conf.: 71 (1932).
    • Abies procera f. prostrata (Hornibr. ex Chitt.) Rehder, Rhodora 21: 524 (1940).
  • Abies nobilis var. argentea Freudenberg, Bekannt. Cult. Nadelh.: 5 (1886).
  • Picea nobilis var. coerulea Paul ex J.Dix, Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 2: 691 (1862).
  • Abies nobilis var. compacta Chitt., Conif. Cult. Rep. Conif. Conf.: 71 (1932).
  • Picea nobilis var. glauca Ravenscr., Pinet. Brit. 2: 183 (1863).
    • Abies nobilis var. glauca (Ravenscr.) Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 269 (1867).
    • Pinus nobilis f. glauca (Ravenscr.) Voss in K.Putlitz & L.Meyer, Landlexikon 4: 774 (1913).
    • Abies procera f. glauca (Ravenscr.) Rehder, Rhodora 42: 523 (1940).
  • Abies nobilis var. glaucophylla Sudw., U.S.D.A. Div. Forest. Bull. 14: 58 (1879).
  • Abies nobilis var. robusta Beissn., Handb. Nadelholzk., ed. 3: 170 (1930).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Europe (introduced) Regional: Northern Europe Denmark, Great Britain, Ireland, Norway. Regional: Middle Europe Germany. Continental: Northern America Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Oregon, Washington. Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. California. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Rehder, A. 1940. Abies procera, a new name for A. nobilis Lindl. Rhodora 42(504): 522–524. BHL. Reference page. 

Links

• Farjon, A. 2013. Abies procera. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42296A2970458.en.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Abies procera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 March 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Abies procera. Published online. Accessed: March 19 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Abies procera. Accessed: 19 March 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Abies procera. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 March 19. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

العربية: شوح طويل
čeština: Jedle vznešená
Cymraeg: Ffynidwydden urddasol
dansk: Sølvgran
Deutsch: Edel-Tanne
English: Noble Fir
español: Abeto noble
eesti: Hõbenulg
فارسی: نراد اصیل
suomi: Aitopihta
français: Sapin noble
magyar: Nemes jegenyefenyő
íslenska: Eðalþinur
italiano: Abete nobile
lietuvių: Kvapusis kėnis
Nederlands: Nobilis spar
norsk: Nobeledelgran
polski: Jodła szlachetna
svenska: Kaskadgran
удмурт: Благородной ньылпу
українська: Ялиця величава

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