Pinus montezumae

Pinaceae Pinus montezumae Lamb.

Etymology
Pinus refers to the Latin name for pines.
montezumae refers to the Aztec emperor Montezuma II.

Colloquial Name
Montezuma pine

Subordinate Taxa
There exist 2 subordinate taxa for Pinus montezumae:

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
7, 79, MXC, MXC-DF, MXC-ME, MXC-MO, MXC-PU, MXC-TL, MXE, MXE-NL, MXE-QU, MXE-HI, MXE-TA, MXE-ZA, MXG, MXG-VC, MXS, MXS-CL, MXS-GR, MXS-JA, MXS-MI, MXS-NA, MXS-OA, MXT, MXT-CI, 8, 80, GUA

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

USDA Hardiness zone – 9
Pinus montezumae 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 montezumae is stable. There are ongoing threats for Pinus montezumae 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 montezumae 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 montezumae is Subsect. Ponderosae. The coordinate taxa for Pinus montezumae are therefore:

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

Cultivars
‘Sheffield Park’