Pinus roxburghii

Pinaceae Pinus roxburghii Sarg.

Etymology
Pinus refers to the Latin name for pines.
roxburghii refers to the Scottish botanist W. Roxburgh, who collected the type specimen.

Colloquial Name
Chir pine, Long-leaved Indian pine

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
3, 36, CHT, 4, 40, EHM, EHM-AP, EHM-BH, EHM-DJ, EHM-SI, NEP, PAK, WHM, WHM-HP, WHM-JK, WHM-UT

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

USDA Hardiness zone – 9
Pinus roxburghii is hardy to USDA Zone 9 (Bannister & Neuner, 2001), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -6.7C (20F) to -1.1C (30F).

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

• 2 Overexploitation & Resource Use
  • 2.1 Logging & Wood Harvesting

IUCN Category – LC
According to the IUCN Red List, Pinus roxburghii 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 roxburghii is Subsect. Pinaster. The coordinate taxa for Pinus roxburghii are therefore:

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