Family:
Pinaceae Spreng. ex F.Rudolphi
Genus:
Pinus L.

Pinus balfouriana Balf.

This species is accepted, and its native range is California (Klamath Mountains, S. Sierra Nevada).

[EDGE]

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

Conservation
Pinus balfouriana is rated as Near Threatened (NT) according to IUCN Red List criteria and has received a EDGE score of -3.43, which places it in position 565 on the EDGE Gymnosperm list. It has a Evolutionary Distinctiveness of 8.07, ranked 316. More information on the EDGE Gymnosperm project here https://www.edgeofexistence.org.

Native to:

California

English
Foxtail Pine

Pinus balfouriana Balf. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 1, 2010 Engelmann, G. [s.n.], USA K000554246 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K001081817 Yes
Cumming, W.C. [2011], USA K000288361 No
Bailey, H.E. [s.n.], USA K000288362 No
Coville, F.V. [1417], USA K000288363 No
Darland, C. [s.n.], USA K000288364 No

First published in A.Murray, Bot. Exped. Oregon 8: 1 (1853)

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

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

  • 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