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This species is accepted, and its native range is Assam to China (W. Yunnan) and Indo-China, Philippines.
Firs, Pomrang. Khasia pine.

[EDGE]

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

Conservation
Pinus kesiya is rated as Least Concerned (LC) according to IUCN Red List criteria and has received a EDGE score of -8.11, which places it in position 891 on the EDGE Gymnosperm list. It has a Evolutionary Distinctiveness of 5.99, ranked 590. More information on the EDGE Gymnosperm project here https://www.edgeofexistence.org.

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam

Pinus kesiya Royle ex Gordon appears in other Kew resources:

First published in Gard. Mag. & Reg. Rural Domest. Improv. 16: 8 (1840)

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 1: 1-526. BRILL, Leiden, Boston.
  • Mostaph, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Thomas, P., Sengdala, K., Lamxay, V. & Khou, E. (2007). New records of conifers in Cambodia and Laos Edinburgh Journal of Botany 64: 37-44.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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 1: 1-526. BRILL, Leiden, Boston.
  • Mostaph, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Art and Illustrations in Digifolia
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EDGE Gymnosperms
EDGE of Existence (Gymnosperms)
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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