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Pinus wangii ssp kwangtungensis, Ruyuan, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China 1

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

Familia: Pinaceae
Genus: Pinus
Subgenus: P. subg. Strobus

Sectio: P. sect. Quinquefoliae
Subsectio: P. subsect. Strobus
Species: Pinus wangii
Subspecies: P. w. subsp. kwangtungensis – P. w. subsp. varifolia – P. w. subsp. wangii
Name

Pinus wangii Hu & W.C.Cheng
References

Hu, H. H. & Cheng, W. C. 1948. Bulletin of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology ser. 2, 1 (2): 191.
Businský, R. 2004. A revision of the Asian Pinus subsection Strobus (Pinaceae). Willdenowia 34(1): 209–257. DOI: 10.3372/wi.34.34120 PDF. Reference page.
Businský, R. 2008. The genus Pinus L., pines: contribution to knowledge. A monograph with cone drawings of all species of the world by Ludmila Businská. Acta Pruhoniciana 88: 1–126. PDF Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: Guangdong Pine
Tiếng Việt: Thông trắng Quảng Đông
中文: 毛枝五针松

Pinus wangii, commonly known as the Guangdong white pine (Chinese: 毛枝五针松), is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae.

It was named after Dr. Shao-Ping Wang,[2] a professor of forest genetics.[3]
Distribution

This pine tree is native to Yunnan Province of southern China, where two populations are known from Wenshan Prefecture.[4] It is uncertain whether it occurs in northern Vietnam.[5]

Pinus wangii is an IUCN Red List Endangered species, threatened by continued logging.[1] It is under second-class national protection in China.[6]
References

Farjon, A. (2013). "Pinus wangii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T32368A2816540

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