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Picea alcoquiana (Veitch ex Lindl.) Carrière

Common Names

Taxonomic notes

Syn: Abies alcoquiana Veitch ex Lindl; Picea bicolor (Maxim.) Mayr; Abies bicolor Maxim.; Picea japonica Maxim., pro syn. Two varieties, reflexa (Shirasawa) Fitschen [syn: P. bicolor var. reflexa Shirasawa et Koyama] and acicularis (Shirasawa) Fitschen [syn: P. shirasawae Hayashi; P. bicolor var. acicularis Shirasawa et Koyama] (2).

Description

Range

Japan, 700-2180m (1).

Big Tree

Oldest

Dendrochronology

Ethnobotany

Var. acicularis provides a useful timber (3).

Observations

Remarks

Picea alcoquiana var. reflexa is on the WCMC Red List: vulnerable, population stable, known from fewer than five localities. "A few (<5) small populations in scattered locations are confined to the volcanic Akaishi range of central Honshu. They occur in mixed montane forest." Picea alcoquiana var. acicularis is also on the WCMC Red List: vulnerable, population stable, known from fewer than five localities. "Endemic to the Yatsugadake Mts. this variety is restricted to a small area (<100km2) of montane forest, most of it being state forest" (3). <

Citations

(1) Silba 1986 (as P. bicolor).
(2) Farjon 1990.
(3) World Conservation Monitoring Centre - Trees.

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This page is from the Gymnosperm Database
URL: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/2285/pi/pic/alcoquiana.htm
Edited by Christopher J. Earle
E-mail:earlecj@earthlink.net
Last modified on 19-Dec-98

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