Pinus massoniana

Pinaceae Pinus massoniana Lamb.

Etymology
Pinus refers to the Latin name for pines.
massoniana refers to the botanist F. Masson.

Colloquial Name
Masson’s pine

Subordinate Taxa
There exist 2 subordinate taxa for Pinus massoniana:

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
3, 36, CHC, CHC-CQ, CHC-GZ, CHC-HU, CHC-SC, CHC-YN, CHH, CHN, CHN-SA, CHN-SX, CHS, CHS-AH, CHS-FJ, CHS-GD, CHS-GX, CHS-HE, CHS-HN, CHS-JS, CHS-JX, CHS-ZJ, 38, TAI

Habitat
The natural habitats for Pinus massoniana are temperate forests. The natural elevation is unknown. There are no conifers associated with Pinus massoniana that are known of.

USDA Hardiness zone – 7
Pinus massoniana is hardy to USDA Zone 7 (Bannister & Neuner, 2001), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -17.8C (0F) to -12.2C (10F).

Species Continuity
The population trend for Pinus massoniana is stable. There are ongoing threats for Pinus massoniana and they are listed as follows:

• 2 Overexploitation & Resource Use
  • 2.1 Logging & Wood Harvesting
• 5 Natural System Modifications
  • 5.3 Other Ecosystem Modifications

IUCN Category – LC
According to the IUCN Red List, Pinus massoniana has been assigned the status of LC(Least Concern). This means that according to the Red List criteria, this species is not qualified as threatened.

Superordinate Taxa
The nearest superordinate taxon for Pinus massoniana is Subsect. Pinus. The coordinate taxa for Pinus massoniana are therefore:

Pinus massoniana is further placed under Pinoideae. Pinus massoniana is also placed under Pinaceae.