''Pinus dabeshanensis'', Dabieshan white pine, is a species of

pine A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus ''Pinus'' () of the family Pinaceae. ''Pinus'' is the sole genus in the subfamily Pinoideae. The World Flora Online created by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden accep ...

found only 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 ...

. Some sources consider it as a synonym of

Chinese white pine ''Pinus armandii'', the Armand pine or Chinese white pine, is a species of pine native to China, occurring from southern Shanxi west to southern Gansu and south to Yunnan, with outlying populations in Anhui. It grows at altitudes of 2200–3000 ...

(''Pinus armandii''), which it closely resembles. The natural range of ''Pinus dabeshanensis'' is very restricted although it has been used locally in planting programs; the species occurs in the

Dabie Mountains The Dabie Mountains () are a major mountain range located in central China. Running northwest-to-southeast, they form the main watershed between the Huai and Yangtze rivers. The range also marks the boundary between Hubei Province and its neighbo ...

Anhui Anhui , (; formerly romanized as Anhwei) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the East China region. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze River ...

and

Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The prov ...

provinces at elevations between 900 and 1400 m.

References

* Peng, Z. H., and Z. H. Jiang. "Pinus dabeshanensis and its origin." Pei-ching: China Forestry Publishing House 86p.-illus., col. illus.. En, Ch Icones, Chromosome numbers, Anatomy and morphology. Geog 2 (1999). * WANG, Ai-hua, et al. "Wood Structure and Variation of Pinus dabeshanensis Cheng et Law " Journal of Anhui Agricultural University 2 (2004): 013. dabeshanensis Endemic flora of China Trees of China Flora of Anhui Flora of Hubei Vulnerable flora of Asia Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{conifer-stub

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