Family:
Pinaceae Spreng. ex F.Rudolphi
Genus:
Abies Mill.

Abies concolor (Gordon & Glend.) Lindl. ex Hildebr.

This species is accepted, and its native range is W. U.S.A. to Mexico (N. Baja California, NE. Sonora, N. Chihuahua).

[EDGE]

Forest, F. et al. 2018. Gymnosperms on the EDGE. Scientific Reports 8: 6053. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-24365-4.

Conservation
Abies concolor is rated as Least Concerned (LC) according to IUCN Red List criteria and has received a EDGE score of -8.18, which places it in position 927 on the EDGE Gymnosperm list. It has a Evolutionary Distinctiveness of 5.58, ranked 695. More information on the EDGE Gymnosperm project here https://www.edgeofexistence.org.

Native to:

Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming

Introduced into:

Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Vermont

English
White Fir

Abies concolor (Gordon & Glend.) Lindl. ex Hildebr. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 2012 Goldman, D.H. [2940], USA K000554694 No
Oct 1, 2008 Wiggins, I.L. [4979], Mexico K000567661 No
Oct 1, 2008 Nickerson, N.H. [s.n.], USA K000567686 No
Oct 1, 2008 Hooker, J.D. [s.n.], USA K000567690 No
Oct 1, 2008 Hawkes, J.G. [1184], USA K000567687 No
Oct 1, 2008 Blumer, J.C. [1288], USA K000567688 No
Oct 1, 2008 McKelvey, S.D. [1212], USA K000567689 No
Oct 1, 2008 Rodin, R.J. [8306], USA K000567685 No
Oct 1, 2008 Hooker, J.D. [s.n.], USA K000567684 No
Feb 1, 2006 Fendler, A. [828], New Mexico K000567697 isotype Yes
Dec 1, 1996 Debreczy, Z. [39711], Chihuahua K001081712 isotype Yes
Dec 1, 1996 Debreczy, Z. [39711], Chihuahua K000567674 isotype Yes

First published in Verh. Naturhist. Vereines Preuss. Rheinl. Westphalens 18: 261 (1861)

Accepted by

  • Danihelka, J. Chrtek, J. & Kaplan, Z. (2012). Checklist of vascular plants of the Czech Republic Preslia. Casopsi Ceské Botanické Spolecnosti 84: 647-811.
  • Farjon, A. (2001). World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers, ed. 2: 1-309. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Farjon, A. (2010). A handbook of the world's Conifers 1: 1-526. BRILL, Leiden, Boston.
  • Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Larson, J., Reif, B., Nelson, B.E. & Hartman, R.L. (2014). Floristic studies in North Central New Mexico, U.S.A. the Sange de Cristo mountains Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 8: 271-303.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Danihelka, J. Chrtek, J. & Kaplan, Z. (2012). Checklist of vascular plants of the Czech Republic Preslia. Casopsi Ceské Botanické Spolecnosti 84: 647-811.
  • Delipavlov, D. & Cheshmedzhiev, I. (eds.) (2011). Opredelitel na rasteniiata v Bulgariia: 1-590. Akad. Isd. Agrar. Univers. Plovdiv.
  • Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
  • Jonsell, B. (ed.) (2000). Flora Nordica 1: 1-344. The Bergius Foundaton.
  • Larson, J., Reif, B., Nelson, B.E. & Hartman, R.L. (2014). Floristic studies in North Central New Mexico, U.S.A. the Sange de Cristo mountains Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 8: 271-303.

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