''Larix potaninii'' is a species of
larch 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. It is found in
China
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and
Nepal. The one of southernmost species of the genus ''
Larix'', the range of ''Larix potaninii'' extends southward almost to 27° N.
Varieties
,
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accepted four varieties:
*''Larix potaninii'' var. ''chinensis''
L.K.Fu & Nan Li – south
Shaanxi (China)
*''Larix potaninii'' var. ''himalaica''
(W.C.Cheng & L.K.Fu) Farjon & Silba – south
Tibet to
Nepal
*''Larix potaninii'' var. ''macrocarpa''
Y.W.Law – southwest
Sichuan, northwest
Yunnan (China)
*''Larix potaninii'' var. ''potaninii'' – east Tibet to central China
References
potaninii
Least concern plants
Flora of Northeast India
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Deciduous conifers
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