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This species is accepted, and its native range is W. Cuba (incl. Island de la Juventud).
A specimen from Kew's Herbarium

[EDGE]

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

Conservation
Pinus tropicalis is rated as Vulnerable (VU) according to IUCN Red List criteria and has received a EDGE score of -0.97, which places it in position 410 on the EDGE Gymnosperm list. It has a Evolutionary Distinctiveness of 7.58, ranked 328. More information on the EDGE Gymnosperm project here https://www.edgeofexistence.org.

Native to:

Cuba

Pinus tropicalis Morelet appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Nov 8, 1994 Wright, C. [3189], Cuba K000287569 isolectotype
Dec 1, 1993 Clinton-Baker, H. [s.n.], Cuba K000341321
Dec 1, 1993 Christy, G.H. [s.n.], Cuba K000341331
Jan 1, 1993 Shafer, J.A. [425], Cuba K000341322
Ekman, E.L. [12385], Cuba K000341323

First published in Rev. Hort. Côte d'Or, sér. 4, 1: 106 (1855)

Accepted by

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • 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)
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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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