Picea spinulosa (Griff.) Beissn.
synonym | Abies spinulosa Griff. |
synonym | Picea morindoides Rehd. |
synonym | Picea spinulosa var. yatungensis Silba |
synonym | Pinus spinulosa (Griff.) Griff. |
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Habit
Tree
Family Description
Monoecious, ocasionally dioecious, evergreen or deciduous trees. Leaves linear, sometimes needle-like, borne singly or in clusters on short shoots. Male cones short-lived, ovoid or globose, consisting of scales, each bearing 2 pollensacs on the lower surface. Female cones with 2 ovules on the upper surface of their ovulliferous scales; scales becoming enlarged, woody and spreading at maturity, sometimes with bracts exserted between them. Seeds bearing an ovate-oblong, Membranous wing.
Genus Description
Evergreen trees. Leaves linear, flattened, spirally arranged, borne singly on prominent pig-like persistent bases. Male cones ovoid, drooping. Female cones terminal, pendulous, cylindric; ovuliferous scales thinly woody; bract scales not exserted; Scales persistent.
Species description
Up to 60m tall, branchlets pendulous, glabrous or pubescent. Leaves spreading evenly around shoots, 10-20 x 1.2-1.5mm, sharply pointed, somewhat paler beneath with stomatal bands. Female cones 7-11 x 3-4.5cm; scales obovate, broadly rounded and smooth at apex; seeds 3-5 x 2-3mm, wing 7-10mm long.
Habitat
IUCN Red List Category
Attributions | Zhang, D, Katsuki, T. & Rushforth, K. 2013. Picea spinulosa (Griff.) A.Henry; The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/42339. Accessed on 30 November 2017. |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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- Zhang, D, Katsuki, T. & Rushforth, K. 2013. Picea spinulosa (Griff.) A.Henry; The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/42339. Accessed on 30 November 2017.
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Pinopsida |
Order | Pinales |
Family | Pinaceae |
Genus | Picea |
Species | Picea spinulosa (Griff.) Beissn. |