Abies lasiocarpa

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Abies lasiocarpa is listed as Least Concern.

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pinaceae
Genus: Abies
Sectio: A. sect. Balsamea
Species: Abies lasiocarpa
Subspecies: A. l. subsp. arizonica – A. l. subsp. bifolia – A. l. subsp. lasiocarpa

[Alternative interpretation]
Varietates: A. l. var. arizonica – A. l. var. lasiocarpa

Name

Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt., N. Amer. Sylv. 3: 138, (1849).

Note:

Different authorities accept bifolia at different ranks; at one extreme, Flora of North America accepts it as a separate species; at the other extreme, Farjon (2001, 2010) gives it no recognition at all. Opinions also differ over the most appropriate rank (subspecies or varietas) for arizonica.

Synonyms

Basionym
- Pinus lasiocarpa Hook., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 163, (1838).
Homotypic
- Picea lasiocarpa (Hook.) A.Murray bis, Gard. Chron., n.s., 4: 135 (1875).
- Abies grandis var. lasiocarpa (Hook.) Lavallée, Énum. Arbres: 259 (1877).
- Abies concolor var. lasiocarpa (Hook.) Beissn., Handb. Conif.: 71 (1887).
Heterotypic
- Abies balsamea subsp. lasiocarpa (Hook.) B.Boivin, Naturaliste Canad. 86: 222 (1959).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America
- Subarctic America
  - Alaska, Northwest Territories, Yukon.
- Western Canada
  - Alberta, British Columbia.
- Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming.
- Southwestern U.S.A.
  - Arizona, California, Nevada.
- South-Central U.S.A.
  - New Mexico.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Additional references

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.
Adams, R.P., Earle, C.J. & Thornburg, D. 2011. Taxonomy of infraspecific taxa of Abies lasiocarpa: leaf essential oils and DNA of Abies lasiocarpa, var. bifolia and var. arizonica. Phytologia 93: 73–87. BHL PDF Reference page.

Links

Farjon, A. 2013. Abies lasiocarpa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42289A2970039.en.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Abies lasiocarpa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 March 20. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Abies lasiocarpa. Published online. Accessed: March 20 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Abies lasiocarpa. Accessed: 20 March 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. Abies lasiocarpa. 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 20. Reference page.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Felsengebirgs-Tanne
English: Subalpine Fir
Esperanto: Rok-montara abio
suomi: Lännenpihta
français: Sapin subalpin
русский: пихта субальпийская

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