Pinus patula Schltdl. & Cham.
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Pinus patula Schltdl. & Cham.
Pinus patula Schltdl. & Cham.
Biostatus
Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
The current view is to recognise two varieties: P. patula var. patula and P. patula var. longipedunculata, the former possessing almost sessile female cones, and the latter possessing long-stalked female cones. Both varieties have been recorded in New Zealand. Naturalised on both main islands of New Zealand. Matt Buys, pers. comm. 2021”
Nomenclature
Schltdl. & Cham.
Schltdl. & Cham.
ICN
Pinus patula Schltdl. & Cham.
species
Pinus patula
Vernacular names
Descriptions
Pinus patula Schltdl. & Cham.
Small or medium-sized, widespreading tree (to c. 20 m high in cultivation), with fairly dense habit. Bark thick, fissured, with reddish brown below surface; surface dark reddish brown or reddish on upper trunk, otherwise grey. Shoots glaucous for at least one season, glabrous, rough with prominent old lf bases. Buds cylindric, shining brown, not resinous; scales spreading in upper part. Lvs 3 per fascicle, 13-28-(33) cm × 0.7-0.9 mm, very slender and flexible, pendulous, grass-green; resin canals median; sheaths persistent, usually 1.5-2.5 cm long in mature lvs. ♂ strobili to 1 cm long, cylindric-ovoid. Conelets stalked; umbo mucronate. Mature cones persistent and remaining closed for several years, pointing backward, sessile or very shortly stalked, usually several to a cluster, 6-9 × 3-4 cm when closed, ± cylindric-ovoid or cylindric-oblong, light brown, usually curved; base asymmetric; apophyses flat except for sunken umbo with very small, often deciduous, prickle. Seed small; wing to c. 1.5 cm long, broad and asymmetric.
Taxonomic concepts
Pinus patula Schltdl. & Cham.
Pinus patula Schltdl. & Cham.
Pinus patula Schltdl. & Cham.
Pinus patula Schltdl. & Cham.
Pinus patula Schltdl. & Cham.
Pinus patula Schltdl. & Cham.
Pinus patula Schltdl. & Cham.
Pinus patula Schltdl. & Cham.
Historic biostatus
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Metadata
6a38e459-d03f-4c17-ba10-83ff1b086b97
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
27 June 2003