Pinaceae
Pinus

Pinus merkusii Jungh. & de Vriese

First published in W.H.de Vriese, Pl. Nov. Ind. Bat. 1: 5 (1845)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is N. Sumatera, Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro). It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/32624/2822050

Conservation
VU - vulnerable
[IUCN]

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

Conservation
Pinus merkusii is rated as Vulnerable (VU) according to IUCN Red List criteria and has received a EDGE score of -1.39, which places it in position 458 on the EDGE Gymnosperm list. It has a Evolutionary Distinctiveness of 4.99, ranked 614. More information on the EDGE Gymnosperm project here https://www.edgeofexistence.org.
[EDGE]

Sources

  • EDGE Gymnosperms

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0