Tsuga caroliniana

Tsuga caroliniana, Stone Mountain, Blue Ridge Mountains, NC, USA

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pinaceae
Genus: Tsuga
Species: Tsuga caroliniana

Name

Tsuga caroliniana Engelm., Bot. Gaz. 6: 223 (1881).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Abies caroliniana (Engelm.) Chapm., Fl. South. U.S., ed. 2(Suppl.): 650 (1883).
  • Pinus caroliniana (Engelm.) Voss, Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 16: 94 (1907).
• Heterotypic
  • Tsuga caroliniana var. compacta Hornibr., Dwarf Conifers: 185 (1923).
  • Tsuga caroliniana f. compacta (Hornibr.) Rehder, Bibl. Cult. Trees: 17 (1949).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Southeastern U.S.A. Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Additional references

• Taylor, R.J. 1993. Tsuga. Pp. 362–365 in Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.), Flora of North America North of Mexico. Volume 2: Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford, XVI, 475 pp. ISBN 0-19-508242-7. efloras FNA Website Internet Archive, Lending Library 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. 
• 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

• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Tsuga caroliniana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.
• Hassler, M. 2020. Tsuga caroliniana. 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. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 February 25. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Tsuga caroliniana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 February 25. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Tsuga caroliniana. Published online. Accessed: 25 February 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Carolina Hemlock
suomi: Rotkohemlokki
français: Pruche de la Caroline
norsk: Carolinahemlokk
Türkçe: Carolina sugası

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