Pinaceae
Pinus

Pinus radiata D.Don

First published in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 17: 442 (1836)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is California, Mexico (Guadalupe, Island Cedros). It is a tree and grows primarily in the temperate biome. It is has environmental uses, as a medicine and for food.

Descriptions

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42408/2977955

Conservation
EN - endangered
[IUCN]

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular
pino, pino candelabro, pino ocarpo
[UNAL]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 2600–3000 m a.s.l. Cultivated in Colombia. Colombian departments: Bogotá DC, Cundinamarca.
Habit
Tree.
Conservation
IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): EN B2ab(ii,iii,v).
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, shrubland, wetlands (inland), artificial - terrestrial.
[UPFC]

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

Conservation
Pinus radiata is rated as Endangered (EN) according to IUCN Red List criteria and has received a EDGE score of 0.32, which places it in position 346 on the EDGE Gymnosperm list. It has a Evolutionary Distinctiveness of 3.28, ranked 962. More information on the EDGE Gymnosperm project here https://www.edgeofexistence.org.
[EDGE]

Uses

Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Food
Used for food.
Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
[UPFC]

Common Names

english
monterey pine
unknown
Monterey pine, insignis pine, pino insignis (Spanish), radiata pine

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • EDGE Gymnosperms

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Kew's Living Collection Database

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0