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

Pinus muricata D.Don

This species is accepted, and its native range is W. California (incl. Channel Islands) to Mexico (N. Baja California).

[EDGE]

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

Conservation
Pinus muricata is rated as Vulnerable (VU) according to IUCN Red List criteria and has received a EDGE score of -1.46, which places it in position 471 on the EDGE Gymnosperm list. It has a Evolutionary Distinctiveness of 4.65, ranked 784. More information on the EDGE Gymnosperm project here https://www.edgeofexistence.org.

Native to:

California, Mexico Northwest

Introduced into:

France, Great Britain

Pinus muricata D.Don appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Mar 1, 2010 Clokey, I.W. [4853], USA K000554339
Mar 1, 2010 Clokey, I.W. [4850], USA K000554281
Mar 1, 2010 Blakley, E.R. [B2585], USA K000554338
Mar 1, 2010 Pringle, C.G. [s.n.], USA K000554283

First published in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 17: 441 (1836)

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.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

  • EDGE Gymnosperms

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • 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 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