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Taxon: Abies nephrolepis (Trautv. ex Maxim.) Maxim.

Genus: Abies
Family: Pinaceae. Also placed in: Abietaceae
Nomen number: 689
Place of publication: Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 10:486. 1866 (Diagn. pl. nov. jap.)
Name verified on: 18-Sep-1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 27-Aug-2004
Species priority site is: National Arboretum (NA).
Accessions: 5 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:

  • Khingan fir   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  • Manchurian fir   (Source: KrussmannC ) – English

Economic importance:

  • Materials: wood   (fide A. Farjon, pers. comm. 1996)

Distributional range:

      Native:
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Amur, Khabarovsk, Primorye
    China: China - Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Shaanxi
    Eastern Asia: Korea

References:

  • Chang, C.-S. et al. 1997. J. Korean Forestry Soc. 86:378–390.
  • Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR). (L USSR)
  • 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) 89.
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
  • Krüssmann, G. 1985. Manual of cultivated conifers (English translation of Die Nadelgeholze, ed. 2. 1983). (KrussmannC)
  • Ouden, P. den & B. K. Boom. 1965. Manual of cultivated conifers. (Man Conif)
  • Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora. (Eur Gard F)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Abies nephrolepis (Trautv. ex Maxim.) Maxim.:

  • 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
  • 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.

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Cite as:
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?689 (09 February 2010)

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