Picea pungens

Picea pungens, Pecos Wilderness, New Mexico

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Picea pungens is listed as Least Concern.

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pinaceae
Genus: Picea
Species: Picea pungens

Name

Picea pungens Engelm., Gard. Chron., n.s., 11: 334 (1879).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Picea menziesii Engelm., Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 2: 214 (1863).
  • Abies menziesii var. parryana André, Ill. Hort. 23: 198 (1876).
  • Picea commutata Beissn., Handb. Nadelholzk.: 346 (1891).
  • Picea parryana (André) Sarg., Man. Trees: 44 (1905).
  • Pinus armata Voss, Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 16: 95 (1907).
  • Pinus parryana (André) Voss, Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 16: 93 (1907).
  • Picea pungens f. compacta Rehder, Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 24: 214 (1915).
  • Picea pungens var. compacta (Rehder) Rehder, in L.H.Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 5: 2620 (1916).
  • Picea pungens f. argentea Branner, Meddeland. Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 45: 33 (1918).
  • Picea pungens f. perpendicularis Schwer., Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 29: 234 (1920).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Picea pungens Northern America Northwestern U.S.A Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming. Southwestern U.S.A Arizona, Utah. South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Additional references

• Komarov, V.L. 1934. Picea pungens. Pp. 117 in Komarov, V.L. & Iljin, M.M. (eds.), Flora URSS (Flora Unionis Rerumpublicarum Sovieticarum Socialisticarum) I. [Archegoniatae and Embryophyta] [in Russian]. 299 pp., Academia Scientiarum URSS, Mosqua, Leningrad. DJVU. English translation: 240 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Taylor, R.J. 1993. Picea. Pp. 369–373 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. 
• 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. 
• Larson, J.E., Reif, B., Nelson, B.E. & Hartman, R.L. 2014. Floristic studies in North Central New Mexico, U.S.A. the Sange de Cristo mountains. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 8(1): 271–303. JSTOR BHL Internet Archive Reference page. 

Links

• Farjon, A. 2013. Picea pungens. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42333A2973433.en.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Picea pungens 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. Picea pungens. Published online. Accessed: March 20 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Picea pungens. Accessed: 20 March 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Picea pungens. 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 20. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

العربية: تنوب شائك
azərbaycanca: Tikanlı küknar
žemaitėška: Cėdabrėnė eglė
беларуская: Елка блакітная
català: Pícea pungent
čeština: Smrk pichlavý
Cymraeg: Spriwsen Las
dansk: Blågran
Deutsch: Stech-Fichte
dolnoserbski: Módry škrjok
English: Blue Spruce
español: Pícea de Colorado
eesti: Torkav kuusk
فارسی: نوئل نقره‌ای
suomi: Okakuusi
français: Épicéa bleu
עברית: אשוחית כחולה
hrvatski: Plava smreka
hornjoserbsce: Módry šmrěk
magyar: Szúrós luc
հայերեն: Եղևնի կեռիկավոր
íslenska: Broddgreni
italiano: Abete del Colorado
日本語: コロラドトウヒ
ქართული: ვერცხლისფერი ნაძვი
lietuvių: Dygioji eglė
македонски: Бодликава смрча
Nederlands: Blauwspar
norsk: Blågran
Diné bizaad: Chʼódeenínii
polski: Świerk kłujący
پښتو: شين صنوبر
português: Pícea-azul
română: Molid argintiu
русский: Ель голубая
slovenčina: Smrek pichľavý
српски / srpski: Бодљива смрча
svenska: Blågran
Türkçe: Mavi ladin
удмурт: Чагыр кыз
українська: Ялина колюча

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