Pinus subsect. Cembroides

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. Parrya
Subsectio: Pinus subsect. Cembroides
Accepted species: P. californiarum – P. cembroides – P. culminicola – P. discolor – P. edulis – P. johannis – P. lagunae – P. quadrifolia – P. monophylla – P. remota
Species in dispute: P. orizabensis

Name

Pinus subsect. Cembroides Engelm., Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 4: 167 (1880).

Type species: Pinus cembroides Zucc.

Taxonomic notes

The above species are not accepted by all authorities and some have been labelled "disputed". Montes et al. (2022) recognise Pinus subsect. Rzedowskianae as a well defined clade in their broad definition of Pinus subsect. Cembroides.

References

Primary references

Engelmann, G. 1880. Revision of the Genus Pinus, and Description of Pinus Elliottii. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 4: 161–188, 1 plate. BHL Reference page.

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 1–73 Reference page.
Farjon, A. & B.T. Styles, B.T. 1997. Pinus (Pinaceae). Flora Neotropica Monograph 75. The New York Botanical Garden: New York, NY.
Farjon, A. & Filer, D. 2013. An atlas of the world's conifers: An analysis of their distribution, biogeography, diversity and conservation status. Brill Press, Leiden, Netherlands.
Flores-Rentería, L., Wegier, A., Del Vecchyo, D.O., Ortíz-Medrano, A., Piñero, D., Whipple, A.V., Molina-Freaner, F. & Domínguez, C.A. 2013. Genetic, morphological, geographical and ecological approaches reveal phylogenetic relationships in complex groups, an example of recently diverged pinyon pine species (Subsection Cembroides). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69(3): 940-949. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.06.010 ResearchGate Reference page.
Montes, J.R., Peláez, P., Willyard, A., Moreno-Letelier, A., Piñero, D. & Gernandt, D.S.} 2019. Phylogenetics of Pinus subsection Cembroides Engelm.(Pinaceae) inferred from low-copy nuclear gene sequences. Systematic Botany 44(3): 501-518. DOI: 10.1600/036364419X15620113920563 Reference page.
Montes, J.R., Peláez, P., Moreno‐Letelier, A. & Gernandt, D.S. 2022. Coalescent‐based species delimitation in North American pinyon pines using low‐copy nuclear genes and plastomes. American Journal of Botany 109(5): 706–726. DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1847 Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Pinyon Pines

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