Family:
Pinaceae Spreng. ex F.Rudolphi
Genus:
Pseudotsuga Carrière

Pseudotsuga japonica (Shiras.) Beissn.

This species is accepted, and its native range is W. & S. Japan.

[EDGE]

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

Conservation
Pseudotsuga japonica is rated as Endangered (EN) according to IUCN Red List criteria and has received a EDGE score of 2.43, which places it in position 30 on the EDGE Gymnosperm list. It has a Evolutionary Distinctiveness of 26.98, ranked 78. More information on the EDGE Gymnosperm project here https://www.edgeofexistence.org.

Native to:

Japan

English
Japanese Douglas Fir

Pseudotsuga japonica (Shiras.) Beissn. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 1, 2010 Wilson, E.H. [7835], Japan K000340772 No
Murata, G. [477], Japan K000340771 No

First published in Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 5: 62 (1896)

Accepted by

  • 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 2: 533-1111. BRILL, Leiden, Boston.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Farjon, A. (2001). World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers, ed. 2: 1-309. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

  • EDGE Gymnosperms

    EDGE of Existence (Gymnosperms)
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    Common Names from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Living Collection https://www.kew.org/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0