Taxon: Pinus radiata D. Don

Common names:

• Monterey pine   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• radiata pine   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – English
  
• radiataden   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans
  
• Monterey-Kiefer   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – German
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: erosion control; ornamental   (fide AH 519; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Materials: gum/resin; wood   (fide HerbSpices; AH 519; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Weed   (fide Invasive Pl Spec; Weeds SAfr 2001)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Baja California [Cedros & Guadalupe Islands]

• naturalized in s. Africa, Australia, New Zealand, s. South America, & Galapagos Is.

• widely cultivated

References:

• Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. (Ency WTimber)
• Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986–1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. (HerbSpices)
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. (Zander ed17)
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
• Farjon, A. & B. T. Styles. 1997. Pinus (Pinaceae). In: Organization for Flora Neotropica, ed., Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 75:186. [var. binata].
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
• Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12. (Weeds SAfr 2001)
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1978. Important forest trees of the United States. (AH 519)
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541. (Trees US)
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
• Silba, J. 1986. Encyclopaedia Coniferae. Phytologia Mem. 8:160.
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. (Invasive Pl Spec)

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Pinus radiata.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Pinus radiata. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for Pinus radiata D. Don:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Gymnosperm Database of Christopher J. Earle
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority for Pinus radiata cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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