Larix himalaica

Larix himalaica, Lho, Budhi Gandaki, Nepal

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pinales 

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

Familia: Pinaceae
Genus: Larix
Species:

Name

Larix himalaica W.C.Cheng & L.K.Fu

Synonymy

  • Larix potaninii var. himalaica (W.C.Cheng & L.K.Fu) Farjon & Silba
  • Larix potaninii subsp. himalaica (W.C.Cheng & L.K.Fu) Silba in J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 15: 52 (2008)

References

  • Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 13 (4): 84 (1975).

Additional references

  • Qiu, Xiu-Fei, et al. 2024. Phylogenomic analyses shed new light on the spatiotemporal evolution of global larches: Implications for the dynamics of boreal forests. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 202: 108240. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108240 [note: genetic analysis shows that L. himalaica is much more closely related to L. griffithii than to L. potaninii; they propose treatment as "L. griffithii var. himalaica", but did not formally publish this new combination]

Vernacular names

  • العربية: أرزية الهملايا
  • English: Langtang Larch
  • Esperanto: Langtanga lariko
  • فارسی: سیاه‌کاج لانگتانگ
  • перем коми: Гималаись лисвень
  • 中文: 喜马拉雅红杉
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