Pinus mugo Turra
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Pinus mugo Turra, Giorn. Italia Sci. Nat. 1: 152 (1764)
Pinus mugo Turra
Biostatus
Nomenclature
Turra
Turra
1764
152
ICN
Pinus mugo Turra
species
Pinus mugo
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Pinus mugo Turra
Small tree or multi-stemmed shrub. Bark peeling in small thin flakes, dark brownish grey, often trunk appearing rather smooth. Shoots green, eventually brown, glabrous. Buds broad-cylindric or cylindric-ovoid, resinous; scales tightly appressed, purplish. Foliage often dense, tending to be directed forward. Lvs 2 per fascicle, (2)-3-7-(9) cm × 1-1.5 mm, dark green, rigid, ± curved but not twisted; apex rather pungent; resin canals marginal; sheath c. 1.5 cm long, soon wearing away except for basal fringe. ♂ strobili < 1 cm long, broad-cylindric. Conelets shortly stalked or subsessile; scales prominently mucronate. Mature cones ± erect, subsessile, not persisting long after maturity, 2.5-5.5 × 2.5-5 cm when open, ovoid or conic-ovoid, dark brown, ± symmetric; apophyses flat or sometimes convex on upper side, especially in slightly asymmetric cones; mucro very small and not armed. Seed wing ± oblong, c. 1 cm long.
Taxonomic concepts
Pinus mugo subsp. pumilio (Haenke) Franco
Pinus mugo Turra
Pinus mugo var. mughus (Scop.) Zenari
Pinus mugo Turra
Pinus mugo var. pumilio (Haenke) Zenari
Pinus mugo Turra
Pinus sylvestris var. montana (Mill.) Aiton
Pinus mugo Turra
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77894276-e12a-4d6f-96ac-2affbaa2850e
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1 January 2000
7 March 2024