Pinus armandii

Pinaceae Pinus armandii Franch.

Etymology
Pinus refers to the Latin name for pines.
armandii refers to the French naturalist Armand David.

Colloquial Name
Armand’s pine

Subordinate Taxa
There exist 3 subordinate taxa for Pinus armandii:

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
3, 36, CHC, CHC-CQ, CHC-GZ, CHC-HU, CHC-SC, CHC-YN, CHH, CHN, CHN-GS, CHN-SA, CHN-SX, CHS, CHS-AH, CHS-HE, CHT, 38, TAI, 4, 41, MYA

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

USDA Hardiness zone – 7
Pinus armandii 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 armandii is unknown. There are ongoing threats for Pinus armandii 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 armandii 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 armandii is Subsect. Strobi. The coordinate taxa for Pinus armandii are therefore:

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

Cultivars
‘Gold Tip’