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Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Pinales 

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

Familia: Pinaceae
Genus: Picea
Species: Picea laxa

Name

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Picea laxa (Münchh.) Sarg., Gard. & Forest 2: 496 (1890; as (Ehrh.) Sarg.)

Synonyms

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  • Basionym
  • Homotypic
    • Pinus glauca Moench, Verz. Ausländ. Bäume: 73 (1785).
      • Picea glauca (Moench) Voss, Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 16: 93 (1907).
    • Abies canadensis Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8.: Abies n.° 4 (1768).
      • Pinus canadensis (Mill.) Du Roi, Diss. Inaug. Obs. Bot.: 38 (1771), nom. illeg., non Pinus canadensis L., 1763.
      • Picea canadensis (Mill.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb., Prelim. Cat.: 71 (1888), nom. illeg.
    • Pinus laxa (Münchh.) Ehrh., Beitr. Naturk. 3: 24 (1788).
    • Abies laxa (Münchh.) K.Koch, Dendrologie 2(2): 243 (1873).
  • Heterotypic
    • Abies alba (Castigl.) Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 207 (1803), nom. illeg.
    • Abies alba var. caerulea J.Nelson, Pinaceae: 47 (1866).
    • Abies alba var. nana Jacques, Ann. Fl. Pomone 4: 326 (1836).
    • Abies alba var. virescens (R.Hinterh. & J.Hinterh.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 673 (1881).
    • Abies arctica A.Murray bis, J. Bot. 5: 253 (1867), pro syn.
    • Abies canadensis var. aurea J.Nelson, Pinaceae: 32 (1866).
    • Abies coerulea Lodd. ex J.Forbes, Pinet. Woburn.: 99 (1839).
    • Abies rubra var. violacea Loudon, Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 4: 2316 (1838).
    • Abies virescens R.Hinterh. & J.Hinterh., Prod. Fl. Salzburg: 200 (1851).
    • Picea alba (Castigl.) Link, Handbuch 2: 478 (1841).
    • Picea alba f. acutissima Beissn., Handb. Nadelholzk.: 342 (1891).
    • Picea alba var. coerulea Jacob-Makoy, Nursery Cat. (L. Jacob-Makoy & Co.) 114: 27 (1870).
    • Picea alba var. foetida Penh., Science, n.s., 6: 474 (1897).
    • Picea alba var. pendula Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 321 (1867).
    • Picea canadensis var. albertiana Rehder, Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 24: 213 (1915).
    • Picea canadensis var. glauca (Moench) Sudw., U.S.D.A. Div. Forest. Bull. 14: 37 (1897).
    • Picea canadensis var. nana (Jacques) Sudw., Bull. Div. Forest. U.S.D.A. 14: 38 (1897).
    • Picea canadensis f. parva Vict., Contr. Lab. Bot. Univ. Montréal 10: 16 (1927).
    • Picea canadensis var. pendula (Carrière) C.K.Schneid. in E.E.Silva Tarouca, Uns. Freil.-Nadelhölzer: 224 (1913).
    • Picea coerulea (Lodd. ex J.Forbes) Link, Linnaea 15: 522 (1842).
    • Picea glauca f. aurea (J.Nelson) Rehder, J. Arnold Arbor. 1: 57 (1919).
    • Picea glauca f. buxoides J.R.Schramm, Arbor. Bull. Assoc. 3: 68 (1941).
    • Picea glauca f. caerulea (J.Nelson) Rehder, J. Arnold Arbor. 1: 57 (1919).
    • Picea glauca f. conica Rehder, J. Arnold Arbor. 1: 1492 (1920).
    • Picea glauca f. nana (Jacques) Rehder, J. Arnold Arbor. 1: 57 (1919).
    • Picea glauca f. parva Fernald & Weath., Rhodora 34: 187 (1932).
    • Picea glauca var. pendula (Carrière) Hornibr. in F.J.Chittenden, Rep. Conif. Conf. R.H.S.: 81 (1932).
    • Picea tschugatskoyae Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 319 (1867), pro syn.
    • Pinus alba Aiton, Hort. Kew. 3: 371 (1789), nom. illeg.
    • Pinus alba var. arctica (A.Murray bis) Parl. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 414 (1868).
    • Pinus alba var. nana (Jacques) Antoine, Coniferen 2: 87 (1841).
    • Pinus canadensis var. alba Castigl., Viagg. Stati Uniti 2: 314 (1790).
    • Pinus coerulea Lodd. ex G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 387 (1830), not validly publ.
    • Pinus tetragona Moench, Methodus: 364 (1794)
    • Pinus virescens Neilr., Fl. Wien, Nachtr.: 68 (1851), not validly publ.

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Northern America
    • Subarctic America
      • Alaska, Northwest Territorie, Nunavut, Yukon.
    • Western Canada
      • Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan.
    • Eastern Canada
      • Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec.
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Idaho, Montana, Wyoming.
    • North-Central U.S.A.
      • Illinois, Minnesota, South Dakota, Wisconsin.
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont.

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

References

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Primary references

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  • Sargent, C.S. 1889. Garden and Forest; a Journal of Horticulture, Landscape Art and Forestry 2: 496.

Additional references

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Vernacular names

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العربية: تنوب رمادي
беларуская: Елка канадская
български: Бял смърч
čeština: Smrk sivý
Cymraeg: Sbriwsen wen
dansk: Hvidgran
Deutsch: Weiß-Fichte
English: White Spruce
español: Pícea blanca
eesti: Kanada kuusk
فارسی: نوئل کانادایی
suomi: Valkokuusi
français: Épinette blanche
עברית: אשוחית לבנה
magyar: Szürke luc
íslenska: Hvítgreni
перем коми: Чочком кӧз
lietuvių: Baltoji eglė
македонски: Сива смрча
Nederlands: Witte spar
norsk nynorsk: Kvitgran
norsk: Kvitgran
Diné bizaad: Chʼóshgai
polski: Świerk biały
português: Pinheiro-do-canadá
русский: Ель сизая
српски / srpski: Бела смрча
svenska: Vitgran
Türkçe: Ak ladin
удмурт: Тӧдьы кыз
українська: Ялина канадська
vepsän kel’: Vauged kuz'
中文: 白雲杉
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