Pinus merkusii

The status, affinity, scope or nomenclature of this taxon is disputed.

Please see discussion on the talk page.

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Pinus merkusii is listed as Vulnerable.

Taxonavigation edit

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

Familia: Pinaceae
Genus: Pinus
Subgenus: P. subg. Pinus
Sectio: P. sect. Merkusia
Species: P. merkusii
Subspecies: P. m. subsp. merkusii – P. m. subsp. ustulata

Name edit

Pinus merkusii Jungh. & de Vriese, in W.H.de Vriese, Pl. Nov. Ind. Bat. 1: 5 (1845).
Note: Subspecies not supported by Farjon (2010), Govaerts et al. (2023) & Hassler (2023).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Tropical Malesia Philippines, Sumatera. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References edit

Additional references edit

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 1–73 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 edit

Farjon, A. 2013. Pinus merkusii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. IUCN Red List Category: Vulnerable . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T32624A2822050.en.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Pinus merkusii 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 merkusii. Published online. Accessed: March 7 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Pinus merkusii. Accessed: 7 March 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. Pinus merkusii. 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 edit

English: Sumatran Pine
Esperanto: Merkus-pino
فارسی: کاج سوماترا
suomi: Indonesianmänty
Bahasa Indonesia: Tusam Sumatera
перем коми: Суматраись пожум
polski: Sosna Merkusa
удмурт: Суматраысь пужым
Tiếng Việt: Thông Sumatra

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