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.
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Abies spinulosa Griff. |
| synonym | Picea morindoides Rehd. |
| synonym | Picea spinulosa var. yatungensis Silba |
| synonym | Pinus spinulosa (Griff.) Griff. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
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.
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
Rank
Species
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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📚 Natural History
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Habitat
Terrestrial
Moist coniferous and mixed forests, often as pure stands, sometimes with Blue Pine.
Terrestrial
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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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List Category
Least Concern
LC
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.
| 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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📚 Uses and Management
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📚 Information Listing
References
Demography and Conservation > Conservation Status
- 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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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Pinopsida |
| Order | Pinales |
| Family | Pinaceae |
| Genus | Picea |
| Species | Picea spinulosa (Griff.) Beissn. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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