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Taxon: Abies firma Siebold & Zucc.

Genus: Abies
Family: Pinaceae. Also placed in: Abietaceae
Nomen number: 660
Place of publication: Fl. jap. 2:15, t. 107. 1842
Name verified on: 25-May-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 09-Sep-2008
Species priority site is: National Arboretum (NA).
Accessions: 1 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.
  • Check AABGA/NAPCC contact person for genus for possible non-NPGS germplasm.


Common names:


Economic importance:

  • Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard)

Distributional range:

Native:
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Eastern Asia: Japan - Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku

References:

  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. (Zander ed14)
  • 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) 39.
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
  • Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan. (F Japan)
  • Silba, J. 1986. Encyclopaedia Coniferae. Phytologia Mem. 8:17.
  • Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. (F Okin) [cultivated, mentions].
More:

Check other databases for Abies firma Siebold & Zucc.:

  • Gymnosperm Database of Christopher J. Earle
  • ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority for Abies firma 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.

Check other databases for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • 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.

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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
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?660 (22 November 2009)

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