Abies lasiocarpa

Abies lasiocarpa subsp. lasiocarpa, Thornton Lakes, Trappers Peak Trail, North Cascades National Park, Washington, USA

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Abies lasiocarpa is listed as Least Concern.

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pinaceae
Genus: Abies
Sectio: A. sect. Balsamea
Species: Abies lasiocarpa
Subspecies: A. l. subsp. arizonica – A. l. subsp. bifolia – A. l. subsp. lasiocarpa

[Alternative interpretation]
Varietates: A. l. var. arizonica – A. l. var. lasiocarpa

Name

Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt., N. Amer. Sylv. 3: 138, (1849).

Note:

• Different authorities accept bifolia at different ranks; at one extreme, Flora of North America accepts it as a separate species; at the other extreme, Farjon (2001, 2010) gives it no recognition at all. Opinions also differ over the most appropriate rank (subspecies or varietas) for arizonica.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Pinus lasiocarpa Hook., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 163, (1838).
• Homotypic
  • Picea lasiocarpa (Hook.) A.Murray bis, Gard. Chron., n.s., 4: 135 (1875).
  • Abies grandis var. lasiocarpa (Hook.) Lavallée, Énum. Arbres: 259 (1877).
  • Abies concolor var. lasiocarpa (Hook.) Beissn., Handb. Conif.: 71 (1887).
• Heterotypic
  • Abies balsamea subsp. lasiocarpa (Hook.) B.Boivin, Naturaliste Canad. 86: 222 (1959).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Subarctic America Alaska, Northwest Territories, Yukon. Western Canada Alberta, British Columbia. Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming. Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California, Nevada. South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico. 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. 
• Adams, R.P., Earle, C.J. & Thornburg, D. 2011. Taxonomy of infraspecific taxa of Abies lasiocarpa: leaf essential oils and DNA of Abies lasiocarpa, var. bifolia and var. arizonica. Phytologia 93: 73–87. BHL PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Farjon, A. 2013. Abies lasiocarpa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42289A2970039.en.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Abies lasiocarpa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 March 20. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Abies lasiocarpa. Published online. Accessed: March 20 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Abies lasiocarpa. Accessed: 20 March 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Abies lasiocarpa. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 March 20. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Felsengebirgs-Tanne
English: Subalpine Fir
Esperanto: Rok-montara abio
suomi: Lännenpihta
français: Sapin subalpin
русский: пихта субальпийская

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