Abies cilicica

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Tracheophyta
Divisio: Pinophyta
Classis: Pinopsida
Ordo: Pinales

Familia: Pinaceae
Genus: Abies
Sectio: A. sect. Abies
Species: Abies cilicica
Subspecies: A. c. subsp. cilicica – A. c. subsp. isaurica
Name

Abies cilicica (Antoine & Kotschy) Carrière, Traité Général des conifères: 229 (1855).
Synonyms

Basionym
Pinus cilicica Antoine & Kotschy, Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 3: 409 (1853).
Homotypic
Picea cilicica (Antoine & Kotschy) Rauch. ex Gordon, Pinetum, Suppl.: 50 (1862).

References
Primary references

Carrière, É.-A. 1855. Traité général des conifères ou description de toutes les espèces et variétés aujourd'hui connues, Avec leur Synonymie, l'indication des procédés de culture et de multiplication qu'il convient de leur appliquer. xv + 656 pp., Paris: chez l'Auteur. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page.

Additional references

Greuter, W., Burdet, H.M. & Long, G. (eds.) 1984. Med-Checklist. A critical inventory of vascular plants of the circum-mediterranean countries. Vol. 1: Pteridophyta (ed. 2), Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones (Acanthaceae – Cneoraceae). c + 330 pp., Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques, Genève 1984. ISBN 2-8277-0151-0. Online version. Reference page.
Farjon, A. 2010. A Handbook of the World's Conifers. Koninklijke Brill, Leiden. ISBN 90-04-17718-3. Reference page.

Links

Gardner, G., M. & Knees, S. 2013. Abies cilicica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. IUCN Red List Category: Near Threatened. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42275A2968944.en.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Abies cilicica. Published online. Accessed: 29 July 2019.

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Kilikische Tanne
English: Cilician Fir
Esperanto: Kilikia abio
suomi: Kilikianpihta
magyar: Kilíkiai jegenyefenyő
polski: Jodła syryjska
Türkçe: Toros göknarı

Abies cilicica, also known as Cilician fir[2] or Taurus fir, is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae. It is found in Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey.[3] Abies cilicica and Cedrus libani, together with Acer hyrcanum subsp. tauricolum and Sorbus torminalis subsp. orientalis, are the predominant trees in the phytocoenosis Abeti-Cedrion, a type of forest of the middle and eastern Taurus Mountains of Turkey. These forests occur between 800 and 2,100 meters elevation. Over 5,000 years of logging, burning, and grazing have reduced these forests to enclaves.[4]

In 2009 at Berenice Troglodytica, the Egypto-Roman port on the Red Sea, archaeologists found: "two blocks of resin from the Syrian fir tree (Abies cilicica), one weighing about 190 g and the other about 339 g, recovered from 1st-century AD contexts in one of the harbour trenches. Produced in areas of greater Syria and Asia Minor, this resin and its oil derivative were used in mummification, as an antiseptic, a diuretic, to treat wrinkles, extract worms and promote hair growth."[5]

Footnotes

Gardner, M.; Knees, S. (2013). "Abies cilicica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T42275A2968944. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42275A2968944.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
Alizoti, P.G.; Fady, B.; Prada, M.A.; Vendramin, G.G. "Mediterranean firs - Abies spp." (PDF). EUFORGEN Technical Guidelines for Conservation and Use. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
Boydak, M. "Reforestation of Lebanon cedar (Cedrus libani A. Rich.) in bare karstic lands by broadcast seeding in Turkey." In : Leone V. (ed.), Lovreglio R. (ed.). Proceedings of the international workshop MEDPINE 3: conservation, regeneration and restoration of Mediterranean pines and their ecosystems. Bari : CIHEAM, 2007. p. 33-42 (Options Méditerranéennes : Série A. Séminaires Méditerranéens; n. 75)
http://www.centrumarcheologii.uw.edu.pl/index.php?id=253&L=0