Caribbean Pine

Caribbean Pine

Taxobox
name = Caribbean Pine


image_width = 200px
image_caption = "Pinus caribaea" plantation at Amarkantak, India
status = LC
status_system = iucn2.3
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Pinophyta
classis = Pinopsida
ordo = Pinales
familia = Pinaceae
subfamilia = Pinoideae
genus = "Pinus"
subgenus = ("Pinus")
species = "P. (P.) caribaea"
binomial = "Pinus (Pinus) caribaea"
binomial_authority = Morelet
synonyms = "Pinus hondurensis" Sénéclauze (but see text)

The Caribbean Pine ("Pinus caribaea") is a hard pine native to Central America, Cuba and the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands.

The species has three distinct varieties, one very distinct and treated as a separate species by some authors:
*"Pinus caribaea" var. "caribaea" – Endemic to western Cuba (Pinar del Rio Province and the Isle of Youth)
*"Pinus caribaea" var. "bahamensis" (Grisebach) W.H.Barrett & Golfari – Bahamas Pine. Endemic to the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands.
*"Pinus caribaea" var. "hondurensis" (Sénéclauze) W.H.Barrett & Golfari – Nicaragua Pine. Native to Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Quintana Roo state of Mexico.

"Pinus caribaea" inhabits the low savanah lands and low mountain ranges in Central America an the previous mentioned islands. Fire plays a major role limiting the range of this species, as it has been reported that this tree regenetrates quickly and agressively, replacing lattifoliate trees Cite web| url=www.conabio.gob.mx/conocimiento/info_especies/arboles/doctos/55-pinac2m.pdf| title=Árboles y arbustos potencialmente valiosos para la restauración ecológica y la reforestación. | author= Vázquez-Yanes, C., A. I. Batis Muñoz, M. I. Alcocer Silva, M. Gual Díaz y C. Sánchez Dirzo| year= 1999| accessdate=2002 Es icon] . So, in zones not subject to periodical fire, the succesion continues and a tropical forest thrives.

While the species as a whole is not threatened, the typical variety of Cuba has markedly declined due to deforestation and is now considered a Vulnerable species by the IUCN.

References

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