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Pinus ayacahuite Ehrenb.

Common Names

Mexican white pine, Arizona white pine, Ayacahuite pine (3), pino (5).

Taxonomic notes

Section Cembra (4). Three varieties: ayacahuite , brachyptera and veitchii .

Description

Range

SW US to El Salvador (1). See also (6). Some authorities attribute populations of var. brachyptera , found in the U.S. and northern Mexico, to P. strobiformis (4).

Big Tree

Oldest

Dendrochronology

Ethnobotany

Observations

Remarks

Citations

(1) Silba 1986 .

(2) Elmore & Janish 1976 (as P.f.r. ).

(3) Peattie 1950 (as P.r. ).

(4) Perry 1991 .

(5) P. 76 in Gentry 1942 .

(6) Robert S. Thompson, Katherine H. Anderson and Patrick J. Bartlein. 1999. Atlas of Relations Between Climatic Parameters and Distributions of Important Trees and Shrubs in North America. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1650 A&B. URL= http://greenwood.cr.usgs.gov/pub/ppapers/p1650-a/pages/conifers.html , accessed 22-Jan-2000.


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

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