Picea sitchensis

Picea sitchensis, Hoh Valley, Olympic NP, Washington, USA
Picea sitchensis, Coos Bay, Oregon, USA
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Picea sitchensis is listed as Least Concern.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pinales 

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

Familia: Pinaceae
Genus: Picea
Species:

Name

Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif. 260 (1855).

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Pinus sitchensis Bong., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 2: 164 (1832).
  • Homotypic
    • Abies sitchensis (Bong.) Lindl. & Gordon, J. Hort. Soc. London 5: 212 (1850).
  • Heterotypic
    • Abies falcata Raf., Atlantic J. 1: 119. 1832.
    • Abies menziesii (Douglas ex D.Don) Lindl., Penny Cyclop. 1: 32 (1833), nom. illeg.
    • Abies merkiana Fisch. ex Parl. in De Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 418 (1868).
    • Abies trigona Raf., Atlantic J. 1: 119 (1832).
    • Picea falcata (Raf.) J.V.Suringar, Meded. Landbouwhoogeschool 30: 49 (1927).
    • Picea grandis Gordon, Pinetum: 155. 1858, nom. illeg.
    • Picea menziesii (Douglas ex D.Don) Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif.: 237 (1855).
    • Picea menziesii var. crispa (Antoine) Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif.: 237 (1855).
    • Picea sitchensis f. speciosa Beissn., Handb. Nadelholzk.: 293 (1891).
    • Pinus menziesii Douglas ex D.Don in A.B.Lambert, Descr. Pinus, ed. 2, 3: 161 (1837), nom. rej.
    • Pinus menziesii var. crispa Antoine, Coniferen: 86. 1841.
    • Sequoia rafinesquei Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 213 (1867).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Northern America
    • Subarctic America
      • Alaska.
    • Western Canada
      • British Columbia.
    • Northwestern U.S.A
      • Oregon, Washington.
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • California.

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

Vernacular names

  • dansk: Sitka-Gran
  • Deutsch: Sitka-Fichte
  • English: Sitka Spruce
  • suomi: Sitkankuusi
  • français: Épinette de Sitka
  • magyar: Szitka luc
  • Nederlands: Sitkaspar
  • Türkçe: Sitka ladini
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