Pinus massoniana

Pinus massoniana, 200 m altitude in eastern Jiangxi, China
Pinus massoniana, Lai Chi Kok Park, Hong Kong
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Pinus massoniana is listed as Least Concern.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pinales 

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

Familia: Pinaceae
Genus: Pinus
Subgenus: P. subg. Pinus
Sectio: P. sect. Pinus
Subsectio: P. subsect. Pinus
Species:
Varietates: P. m. var. hainanensis – P. m. var. massoniana

Name

Pinus massoniana Lamb., Descr. Pinus 1: 17 (1803).

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Pinea massoniana (Lamb.) Opiz, Oekon. Neuigk. Verh. 1839: 526 (1839).

Homonyms

  • Pinus massoniana Zucc., Fl. Jap. (Siebold) 2: 24 (t. 113, 114) (1842), nom. illeg. = Pinus thunbergii Parl., in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 388 (1868).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Asia-Temperate
    • China
      • China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan.
    • Eastern Asia
      • Taiwan.

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

References

Primary references

  • Lambert, A.B. 1803. Description of the genus Pinus: illustrated with figures, directions relative to the cultivation, and remarks on the uses of the several species, ed. 1, 1:17, t. 12.

Additional references

  • Earle, C.J. 2023. Pinus massoniana in The Gymnosperm Database. Accessed: 2023 March 25.

Vernacular names

  • English: Masson's Pine
  • Esperanto: Mason-pino
  • 日本語: バビショウ
  • перем коми: Массон пожум
  • polski: Sosna Massona
  • удмурт: Массон пужым
  • українська: Сосна Массона
  • Tiếng Việt: Thông đuôi ngựa
  • 中文: 馬尾松
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