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This species is accepted, and its native range is Korea, Central & S. Japan.
Pinus thunbergii

[EDGE]

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

Conservation
Pinus thunbergii is rated as Least Concerned (LC) according to IUCN Red List criteria and has received a EDGE score of -8.39, which places it in position 985 on the EDGE Gymnosperm list. It has a Evolutionary Distinctiveness of 4.55, ranked 875. More information on the EDGE Gymnosperm project here https://www.edgeofexistence.org.

Native to:

Japan, Korea, New York

Pinus thunbergii Parl. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Dec 1, 2009 Hasegawa, K. [9439], Japan K000554057
Dec 1, 2009 Kirkham, A.S. [KFBX140], South Korea K000554059
Dec 1, 2009 Kirkham, A.S. [KFBX150], South Korea K000554060
Dec 1, 2009 Wilford, C. [859], Japan K000554047
Dec 1, 2009 Albrecht, D.E. [s.n.], Japan K000554055
Dec 1, 2009 Maximowicz, C.J. [s.n.], Japan K000554058
Nov 1, 2009 Konta, F. [18142], Japan K000553898
Taquet, E.J. [1447], South Korea K000554046
Taquet, E.J. [3262], South Korea K000554045
Hiroe, M. [888], Japan K000554056

First published in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 388 (1868)

Accepted by

  • Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
  • 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.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542. New York Botanical Garden.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
  • Farjon, A. (2001). World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers, ed. 2: 1-309. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542. New York Botanical Garden.

EDGE Gymnosperms
EDGE of Existence (Gymnosperms)
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. 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 Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. 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

Kew Science Photographs
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