Picea farreri | |
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Conservation status | |
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Gymnospermae |
Division: | Pinophyta |
Class: | Pinopsida |
Order: | Pinales |
Family: | Pinaceae |
Genus: | Picea |
Species: | P. farreri |
Binomial name | |
Picea farreri C.N. Page & Rushforth |
Picea farreri is a species of conifer in the pine family, Pinaceae. It is known by the common name Farrer's spruce. It is native to China, where it is known only from Yunnan, and to Myanmar.
This tree can reach 35 meters tall. It grows on limestone soils in cool, wet mountainous habitat.
Picea farreri is named after the plant collector Reginald Farrer who travelled extensively in China and what was then Burma.
References
- ^ Zhang, D.; Rushforth, K.; Katsuki, T. (2013). "Picea farreri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T31331A2804895. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T31331A2804895.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Picea farreri. The Gymnosperm Database.
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