Pinus wallichiana

Pinaceae Pinus wallichiana A.B. Jacks.

Etymology
Pinus refers to the Latin name for pines.
wallichiana refers to the Danish botanist N. Wallich.

Colloquial Name
Himalayan white pine, Blue pine, Bhutan pine

Subordinate Taxa
There exist 2 subordinate taxa for Pinus wallichiana:

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
3, 34, AFG, 36, CHC, CHC-YN, CHT, 4, 40, EHM, EHM-AP, EHM-BH, EHM-DJ, EHM-SI, NEP, PAK, WHM, WHM-HP, WHM-JK, WHM-UT, 41, MYA

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

Species Continuity
The population trend for Pinus wallichiana is stable. There are ongoing threats for Pinus wallichiana 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 wallichiana 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 wallichiana is Subsect. Strobi. The coordinate taxa for Pinus wallichiana are therefore:

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

Cultivars
‘Compacta’, ‘Densa’ , ‘Frosty’ , ‘Glauca’, ‘Glauca Compacta’, ‘Globosa’ , ‘Monophylla’ , ‘Nana’ , ‘Paktia’ , ‘Prairie Giant’ , ‘Silver Star’ , ‘Umbraculifera’ , ‘Vernisson’, ‘Winter Light’, ‘Zebrina’