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''Abies ziyuanensis'' is a species of fir, a
conifer Conifers are a group of conifer cone, cone-bearing Spermatophyte, seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms. Scientifically, they make up the phylum, division Pinophyta (), also known as Coniferophyta () or Coniferae. The division contains a single ...
in the family
Pinaceae The Pinaceae, or pine family, are conifer trees or shrubs, including many of the well-known conifers of commercial importance such as Cedrus, cedars, firs, Tsuga, hemlocks, larches, pines and spruces. The family is included in the order Pinales, ...
. It is only known from four locations in
Guangxi Guangxi (; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the People's Republic ...
and
Hunan Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to ...
provinces in
China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
. ''A. ziyuanensis'' is related to ''
Abies beshanzuensis ''Abies beshanzuensis'' (Baishanzu fir, Baishan fir) is a species of fir (genus ''Abies'') in the family Pinaceae. It is endemism, endemic to Baishanzu, Mt. Baishanzu in southern Zhejiang province in eastern China, where it grows at altitude and ...
'', another threatened fir endemic to China. While the population was in the thousands as recently as the 1970s, there are now thought to be less than 600 trees in existence.


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ziyuanensis Endemic flora of China Flora of Guangxi Flora of Hunan Trees of China Endangered flora of Asia Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Plants described in 1980 {{conifer-stub