Pinus luchuensis
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| Pinus luchuensis | |
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| A lone P. luchuensis, growing on Chichi-jima Island | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Pinales |
| Family: | Pinaceae |
| Genus: | Pinus |
| Species: | P. luchuensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pinus luchuensis Mayr [2] |
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Pinus luchuensis, commonly called Luchu pine[2] or Okinawa pine,[2] is a species of conifer in the Pinaceae family endemic to, and locally abundant in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.[1][2] It was once threatened by habitat loss in the wild, where it can be found growing in small stands near windy ocean shores.[1] Having been harvested widely since the Second World War, the remaining stands are no longer commercially viable,[1] except when cultivated for ornamental use.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Assessors: Conifer Specialist Group (2000). "Pinus luchuensis in IUCN 2011". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/33989/0. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e Pinus luchuensis was originally described and published in Botanisches Centralblatt 58: 149. 1894. GRIN (September 30, 2008). "Pinus luchuensis information from NPGS/GRIN". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?316781. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
- ^ "Pinus luchuensis Mayr". The Plant List; Version 1. (published on the internet). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. 2010. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/search?q=Pinus+luchuensis. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
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