Pinus brutia subsp. eldarica

Pinus brutia subsp. eldarica, Baku, Azerbaijan (cultivated)

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Pinus brutia subsp. eldarica is listed as Near Threatened.

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pinaceae
Genus: Pinus
Subgenus: P. subg. Pinus
Sectio: P. sect. Pinaster
Species: Pinus brutia
Subspecies: Pinus brutia subsp. eldarica

Name

Pinus brutia subsp. eldarica (Medw.) Nahal, Ann. École Natl. Eaux 19: 521 (1962).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Pinus eldarica Medw., Trudy Tiflissk. Bot. Sada 6(2): 21 (1902).
    • Type locality: "Habitat in Transcaucasia centrali prope desertum Eldar in declivitatibus Eilar-oouri ripae dextrae flum. Jorae."
    • Lectotype (designated by Farjon in Greuter (ed.) 1993: 132): "illustration in Trudy Tiflissk. Bot. Sada 6(2): 21 (1903)."
• Homotypic
  • Pinus brutia var. eldarica (Medw.) Silba, Phytologia 58: 367 (1985) (often accepted name)
  • Pinus halepensis var. eldarica (Medw.) Fitschen in L.Beissner, Handb. Nadelholzk., ed. 3: 392 (1930).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate Caucasus Transcaucasus (Azerbaijan). Western Asia Afghanistan, Iran (probably introduced but possibly native) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Nahal, I. 1962. Le Pin d'Alep: Étude Taxonomique. Annales de l'Ecole Nationale des Eaux et Forêts 19: 473–686. PDF Reference page. 
• Medwedew, Ya.S. (Медвѣдевъ, Я.С.) 1902. Эльдарская сосна. Pinus eldarica sp. nov. Trudy Tiflisskago Botanicheskago Sada 6(2): 21–24. (Russian) BHL Reference page. 
• Nahal, I. 1983. Le Pin Brutia (Pinus brutia Tenore). 1ère partie. Forêt Méditerranéenne 2: 165–172. PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

• Frankis, M.P. 1999. Pinus brutia. Curtis's Botanical Magazine 16(3): 173–184, Plate 367. DOI: 10.1111/1467-8748.00216 JSTOR Reference page. 
• Greuter, W. (ed.) 1993. Names in current use in the families Trichocomaceae, Cladoniaceae, Pinaceae, and Lemnaceae. Regnum Vegetabile 128: 1–150. Reference page. 
• Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) 2006. Konspekt flory Kavkaza. Caucasian Flora Conspectus. Volume II [Liliopsida]. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae. 466 pp. ISBN 5-288-04040-0. DJVU Reference page. 

Links

• Farjon, A. 2013. Pinus brutia subsp. eldarica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. IUCN Red List Category: Near Threatened . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T34183A2849651.en. (as Pinus brutia var. eldarica)
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Pinus brutia subsp. eldarica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 March 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Pinus brutia subsp. eldarica. Published online. Accessed: March 15 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Pinus brutia subsp. eldarica. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 March 15. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Eldar Pine