Picea meyeri

Pinaceae Picea meyeri Rehd. & E.H. Wilson

Etymology
Picea refers to the classical names for spruces.
meyeri refers to the Dutch plant collector F. N. Meijer, who collected the type specimen.

Colloquial Name
Meyer’s spruce

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
3, 36, CHI, CHI-NM, CHN, CHN-HB, CHN-SA, CHN-SX

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

Species Continuity
The population trend for Picea meyeri is decreasing. There are ongoing threats for Picea meyeri and they are listed as follows:

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

IUCN Category – NT
According to the IUCN Red List, Picea meyeri has been assigned the status of NT(Near Threatened). This means that according to the Red List criteria, this species is not threatened, but is close to having this status.

Superordinate Taxa
The nearest superordinate taxon for Picea meyeri is Series Picea. The coordinate taxa for Picea meyeri are therefore:

Picea meyeri is further placed under Pinoideae. Picea meyeri is also placed under Pinaceae.