Yakushima White Pine

Yakushima White Pine

Taxobox
name = Yakushima White Pine
status = EN
status_system = iucn2.3
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Pinophyta
classis = Pinopsida
ordo = Pinales
familia = Pinaceae
genus = "Pinus"
subgenus = "Strobus"
sectio = "Quinquefoliae"
subsectio = "Strobi"
species = "P. amamiana"
binomial = "Pinus amamiana"
binomial_authority = Koidz.

The Yakushima White Pine ("Pinus amamiana") is a native of southern Japan, on the islands of Yakushima and Tanegashima south of Kyūshū. It has also been grown horticulturally in Japanese parks. This pine can grow to a height of 25 m with a trunk diameter of up to 1 m.

The needles grow in bundles of five and the cones are 5-8 cm in length.

This tree is known in Japanese as Amami-goyamatsu, Amami-goyo, and Yakutune-goyo.

References

* Listed as Endangered (EN C1 v2.3)


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