Pinus fenzeliana

Pinaceae Pinus fenzeliana Hand.-Mazz.

Etymology
Pinus refers to the Latin name for pines.
fenzeliana refers to the collector of the type specimen named “Fenzel”, possibly the Austrian botanist E. Fenzl.

Colloquial Name
Fenzel’s pine

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
3, 36, CHH, CHS, CHS-GD, CHS-GX, CHS-HN, 4, 41, VIE

Habitat
The natural habitats for Pinus fenzeliana are subtropical/tropical dry forests, temperate forests. The natural elevation is unknown. There are no conifers associated with Pinus fenzeliana that are known of.

USDA Hardiness zone – 9
Pinus fenzeliana 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 fenzeliana is unknown. There are ongoing threats for Pinus fenzeliana and they are listed as follows:

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

IUCN Category – NT
According to the IUCN Red List, Pinus fenzeliana 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 Pinus fenzeliana is Subsect. Strobi. The coordinate taxa for Pinus fenzeliana are therefore:

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