Picea sitchensis

Picea sitchensis, Hoh Valley, Olympic NP, Washington, USA

Picea sitchensis, Coos Bay, Oregon, USA

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Picea sitchensis 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 sitchensis

Name

Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif. 260 (1855).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Pinus sitchensis Bong., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 2: 164 (1832).
• Homotypic
  • Abies sitchensis (Bong.) Lindl. & Gordon, J. Hort. Soc. London 5: 212 (1850).
• Heterotypic
  • Abies falcata Raf., Atlantic J. 1: 119. 1832.
  • Abies menziesii (Douglas ex D.Don) Lindl., Penny Cyclop. 1: 32 (1833), nom. illeg.
  • Abies merkiana Fisch. ex Parl. in De Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 418 (1868).
  • Abies trigona Raf., Atlantic J. 1: 119 (1832).
  • Picea falcata (Raf.) J.V.Suringar, Meded. Landbouwhoogeschool 30: 49 (1927).
  • Picea grandis Gordon, Pinetum: 155. 1858, nom. illeg.
  • Picea menziesii (Douglas ex D.Don) Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif.: 237 (1855).
  • Picea menziesii var. crispa (Antoine) Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif.: 237 (1855).
  • Picea sitchensis f. speciosa Beissn., Handb. Nadelholzk.: 293 (1891).
  • Pinus menziesii Douglas ex D.Don in A.B.Lambert, Descr. Pinus, ed. 2, 3: 161 (1837), nom. rej.
  • Pinus menziesii var. crispa Antoine, Coniferen: 86. 1841.
  • Sequoia rafinesquei Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 213 (1867).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Subarctic America Alaska. Western Canada British Columbia. Northwestern U.S.A Oregon, Washington. Southwestern U.S.A. California. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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

• Picea sitchensis (europeana.eu) – Detailed botanical photos in high quality.

• Farjon, A. 2013. Picea sitchensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42337A2973701.en.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Picea sitchensis 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. Picea sitchensis. Published online. Accessed: March 19 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Picea sitchensis. Accessed: 19 March 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Picea sitchensis. 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

dansk: Sitka-Gran
Deutsch: Sitka-Fichte
English: Sitka Spruce
suomi: Sitkankuusi
français: Épinette de Sitka
magyar: Szitka luc
Nederlands: Sitkaspar
Türkçe: Sitka ladini

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