Pinus wangii

Pinus wangii, commonly known as the Guangdong white pine (Chinese: 毛枝五针松), is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae.

Pinus wangii
Pinus wangii in the Kunming Botanical Garden, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
(unranked): Gymnosperms
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Pinus
Subgenus: P. subg. Strobus
Section: P. sect. Quinquefoliae
Subsection: P. subsect. Strobus
Species:
P. wangii
Binomial name
Pinus wangii
Hu & Cheng

It was named after Dr. Shao-Ping Wang,[2] a professor of forest genetics.[3]

Distribution

This pine tree is native to Yunnan Province of southern China, where two populations are known from Wenshan Prefecture.[4] It is uncertain whether it occurs in northern Vietnam.[5]

Pinus wangii is an IUCN Red List Endangered species, threatened by continued logging.[1] It is under second-class national protection in China.[6]

References
  1. Farjon, A. (2013). "Pinus wangii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T32368A2816540. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T32368A2816540.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. "Pinus wangii / Guangdong white pine | Conifer Species". American Conifer Society. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  3. Johanna Buchert Smith The Story Garden: Cultivating Plants to Nurture Memories at Google Books
  4. Liguo Fu; Nan Li; Thomas S. Elias & Robert R. Mill. "Pinus wangii". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  5. Luu, Nguyen Duc To; Philip Ian Thomas (2004). Conifers of Vietnam. pp. 49–50. ISBN 1-872291-64-3.
  6. "National key protected wild plants (first batch)". Nature Reserve of China. 2004-07-10. Archived from the original on 13 April 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012.


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