Pinus gerardiana

Pinus gerardiana, Khost Province, Afghanistan

Pinus gerardiana strobilus, Kalpa, Himachal Pradesh, India

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Pinus gerardiana is listed as Near Threatened.

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. Gerardia
Subsectio: P. subsect. Gerardianae
Species: Pinus gerardiana

Name

Pinus gerardiana Wall. ex D.Don, in A.B.Lambert, Descr. Pinus, ed. 3, 2: 144 bis (1832).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Pinus aucklandii Lodd. ex Gordon & Glend., Pinetum: 195 (1858), not validly publ.
  • Pinus chilghoza Knight, Syn. Conif. Pl.: 30 (1850), not validly publ.
  • Pinus gerardii J.Forbes, Hort. Woburn.: 210 (1833), orth. var.
  • Pinus neosa Gouan ex W.H.Baxter in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit., ed. 3: 658 (1839), not validly publ.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate Western Asia Afghanistan. China Tibet. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Pakistan, West Himalaya. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Additional references

• Fu, L.-K., Li, N. & Elias, T.S. 1999. Pinus. Pp. 12-25 in Wu, Zh.Y. & Raven, P.H. (eds.), Flora of China. Volume 4: Cycadaceae through Fagaceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 0-915279-70-3. efloras PDF Reference page. 
• 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. 
• 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

• Farjon, A. 2013. Pinus gerardiana. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. IUCN Red List Category: Near Threatened . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T34189A2850009.en.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Pinus gerardiana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 March 4. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Pinus gerardiana. Published online. Accessed: March 4 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Pinus gerardiana. Accessed: 4 March 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Pinus gerardiana. 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 4. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Chilgoza Pine
فارسی: کاج چلغوزه
polski: Sosna Gerarda
پنجابی: چلغوزہ
پښتو: جلغوزه
اردو: چلغوزہ
Tiếng Việt: Thông Chilgoza
中文: 西藏白皮松

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