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Taxon: Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco

Genus: Pseudotsuga
Family: Pinaceae.
Nomen number: 30191
Place of publication: Conif. Duarum Nominibus 4; Bol. Soc. Brot. sér. 2, 24:74. 1950
Name verified on: 20-Mar-1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 21-Nov-2002
No species priority site assigned.
Accessions: 3 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


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Common names:

  • coastal Douglas-fir   (Source: F NAmer ) – English   [Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii]
  • Douglas-fir   (Source: AH 505 ) – English
  • Douglas-fir   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English   [Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii]
  • Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English   [Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca]
  • Douglas bleu   (Source: HerbSpices ) – French   [Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca]
  • Douglas du Colorado   (Source: HerbSpices ) – French   [Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca]
  • Douglas vert   (Source: HerbSpices ) – French   [Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii]
  • pino real colorado   (Source: F NAmer ) – Spanish   [Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca]

Economic importance:

  • Environmental: ornamental
  • Materials: wood   (timber)
  • Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  • Social: religious/secular   (used as a Christmas tree)
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Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

References:

  • Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  • FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
  • Farjon, A. 1990. Pinaceae: Drawings and descriptions of the genera Abies, Cedrus, Pseudolarix, Keteleeria, Nothotsuga, Tsuga, Cathaya, Pseudotsuga, Larix and Picea. Regnum Veg. 121. (Pinaceae)
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
  • Maetzke, F. 1996. Italia Forestale e Montana. 51:172–179.
  • McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
  • Silba, J. 1986. Encyclopaedia Coniferae. Phytologia Mem. 8:199–200.
  • Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agric. Handb. no. 505. (AH 505)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco:

  • 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 Pseudotsuga menziesii 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:

More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google 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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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?30191 (09 February 2010)

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