''Picea purpurea'', also known as purple cone spruce and purple-coned spruce is a species of spruce found only in China. It is likely to be a

hybrid species Hybrid speciation is a form of speciation where hybridization between two different species leads to a new species, reproductively isolated from the parent species. Previously, reproductive isolation between two species and their parents was thou ...

produced by crosses between '' Picea likiangensis'' and '' Picea wilsonii'', or possibly involving other species.

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purpurea Near threatened plants Trees of China Endemic flora of China Plants described in 1906 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{conifer-stub