 | Abies ferreana Bord.-Rey & Gaussen 1947Common NamesTaxonomic notesSyn: A. forrestii var. ferreana (Bord.-Rey et Gaussen) Farjon; A. yuana Bord.-Rey et Gaussen; A. rolii Bord.-Rey et Gaussen; A. chayuensis Cheng et Fu (1). The descriptive information is from Farjon (1), who regards this as a variety of A. forrestii. Conversely, Fu and Li (2) treat it as a distinct species in the forthcoming (1999?) Flora of China, and moreover recognize two varieties, the type and longibracteata Fu et Li 1997 (see Remarks).DescriptionSimilar to A. forrestii, except that it has "(strongly) pubescent shoots, medial resin canals and smaller cones" (1).RangeChina and Tibet: NW Yunnan and SE Xizang, where found only in high mountains at ca. 4000 m elevation (1).Big TreeOldestDendrochronologyEthnobotanyObservationsRemarksThe variety longibracteata "is readily distinguished from variety ferreana by having distinctly exserted, acuminate bract scales that are lanceolate at the apex and neither reflexed nor recurved". It occurs in high mountains of NW Yunnan, the type specimen collected 1990 at 3950 m elevation (2).Citations(1) Farjon 1990.(2) Li Nan and Fu Li-kuo. 1997. Notes on gymnosperms I. Taxonomic treatments of some Chinese conifers. Novon 7: 261-264. |
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