Taxon: Abies veitchii Lindl.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Abies veitchii var. sikokiana (no accessions)
• Abies veitchii var. veitchii (no accessions)

Common names:

• Christmastree   (Source: Dict Gard )
  
• shirabe   (Source: F Japan )
  
• shirabiso   (Source: F Japan )
  
• Veitch fir   (Source: KrussmannC )
  
• Veitch's silver fir   (Source: BSBI )
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental
  
• Materials: wood   (fide A. Farjon, pers. comm. 1996)
  
• Social: religious/secular   (Christmas tree fide Dict Gard)
  

Distributional range:

Native:

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

References:

• Botanical Society of the British Isles. 2007. BSBI checklist. (BSBI)
• 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)
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan. (F Japan)
• Krüssmann, G. 1985. Manual of cultivated conifers (English translation of Die Nadelgeholze, ed. 2. 1983). (KrussmannC)
• Liu, T.-S. 1971. A monograph of the genus Abies. (Monog Abies) 176.
• Ouden, P. den & B. K. Boom. 1965. Manual of cultivated conifers. (Man Conif)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Abies veitchii.

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

Synonyms:

• Abies sikokiana Nakai [≡ Abies veitchii var. sikokiana]
  
• Abies veitchii var. olivacea Shiras. [= Abies veitchii var. veitchii]
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other databases for Abies veitchii Lindl.:

• Gymnosperm Database of Christopher J. Earle
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority for Abies veitchii 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
• 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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