Pinus pseudostrobus

Pinaceae Pinus pseudostrobus Lindl.

Etymology
Pinus refers to the Latin name for pines.
pseudostrobus refers to a similarity to Pinus strobus; possibly indicating a similarity in droopy needles.

Colloquial Name
Smooth-bark Mexican pine, False Weymouth pine

Subordinate Taxa
There exist 2 subordinate taxa for Pinus pseudostrobus:

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
7, 79, MXC, MXC-DF, MXC-ME, MXC-MO, MXC-PU, MXC-TL, MXE, MXE-AG, MXE-CO, MXE-CU, MXE-DU, MXE-GU, MXE-HI, MXE-NL, MXE-QU, MXE-SL, MXE-TA, MXE-ZA, MXG, MXG-VC, MXN, MXN-SI, MXN-SO, MXS, MXS-CL, MXS-GR, MXS-JA, MXS-MI, MXS-NA, MXS-OA, MXT, MXT-CI, 8, 80, ELS, GUA, HON

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

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

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