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Pinus halepensis

Pinus halepensis

Pinus halepensis, commonly known as the Aleppo pine, also known as the Jerusalem pine, is a pine native to the . It was officially named by the botanist Philip Miller in his 1768 book The Gardener's Dictionary; he probably never went to Aleppo but mentions seeing large specimens at Goodwood in the garden of the Duke of Richmond, which were transplanted (perhaps sent by Alexander Russell from Syria) in 1739.