Pinus wangii

Pinaceae Pinus wangii H. H. Hu & W. C. Cheng

Etymology
Pinus refers to the Latin name for pines.
wangii refers to the Chinese botanist C. W. Wang, who collected the type specimen.

Colloquial Name
Wang pine

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
3, 36, CHC, CHC-YN, 4, 41, VIE

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

USDA Hardiness zone – 8
Pinus wangii is hardy to USDA Zone 8 (Bannister & Neuner, 2001), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -12.2C (10F) to -6.7C (20F).

Species Continuity
The population trend for Pinus wangii is decreasing. There are ongoing threats for Pinus wangii and they are listed as follows:

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

IUCN Category – EN
According to the IUCN Red List, Pinus wangii has been assigned the status of EN(Endangered). This means that according to the Red List criteria, this species qualifies as Endangered and is very much at risk.

Superordinate Taxa
The nearest superordinate taxon for Pinus wangii is Subsect. Strobi. The coordinate taxa for Pinus wangii are therefore:

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