Pinus flexilis

Pinus flexilis tree, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA

Pinus flexilis cones, Pike and San Isabel National Forests, Colorado, USA

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Pinus flexilis is listed as Least Concern.

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pinaceae
Genus: Pinus
Subgenus: P. subg. Strobus
Sectio: P. sect. Quinquefoliae
Subsectio: P. subsect. Strobus
Species: Pinus flexilis

Name

Pinus flexilis E.James, in W.H.Keating, Narrat. Exp. St. Peter's River 2: 35 (1824).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Apinus flexilis (E.James) Rydb., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 598 (1905).
  • Pinus cembra var. flexilis (E.James) F.Sanders, Gard. Chron., n.s., 2: 735 (1874).
• Heterotypic
  • Pinus flexilis var. alpina Silba, J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 7: 30 (2000).
  • Pinus flexilis subsp. alpina (Silba) Silba, J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 16: 22 (2009).
  • Pinus flexilis var. callahanii Silba, J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 7: 30 (2000).
  • Pinus flexilis subsp. callahanii (Silba) Silba, J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 16: 22 (2009).
  • Pinus flexilis var. macrocarpa Engelm., J.J.Rothrock, Rep. U.S. Geogr. Surv., Wheeler 6(Botany): 258 (1878 publ. 1879).
  • Pinus flexilis var. megalocarpa Sudw., Bull. Div. Forest. U.S.D.A. 14: 16 (1897).
  • Pinus flexilis var. serrulata Engelm., in J.J.Rothrock, Rep. U.S. Geogr. Surv., Wheeler 6(Botany): 258 (1878 publ. 1879).
  • Pinus lambertiana var. brevifolia Hook, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 162 (1838).
  • Pinus novaemexicana P.Landry, Phytologia 65: 479 (1989).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Western Canada Alberta, British Columbia. Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Wyoming. North-Central U.S.A. Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota. Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California, Nevada, 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

• Businský, R. 2008. The genus Pinus L., pines: contribution to knowledge. A monograph with cone drawings of all species of the world by Ludmila Businská. Acta Pruhoniciana 88: 1–126. PDF (Text) Photos 1–32 Photos 33–42 Figures 1–73Reference 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

• Schoettle, A. & Stritch, L. 2013. Pinus flexilis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42363A2975338.en.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Pinus flexilis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 March 7. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Pinus flexilis. Published online. Accessed: March 17 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Pinus flexilis. Accessed: 7 March 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Pinus flexilis. 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 7. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

العربية: صنوبر منحني
català: Pi Limber
čeština: Borovice ohebná
Deutsch: Biegsame Kiefer
English: Limber Pine
español: Pino huyoco
eesti: Kaljumänd
فارسی: کاج نرم‌سوزن
français: Pin flexible
magyar: Nevadai cirbolyafenyő
íslenska: Sveigfura
перем коми: Лунвыв-рытвыв чочком пожум
Diné bizaad: Naatsisʼáán bińdíshchííʼ
polski: Sosna giętka
русский: Сосна мягкая
Tiếng Việt: Thông Limber

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