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Trees in cultivation in Caribbean mountains (2).

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Range of Pinus caribaea (1). Var. caribaea in red, var. bahamensis in purple, and var. hondurensis in blue. Adapted from a map by
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Pinus caribaea Morelet 1851

Common Names

Taxonomic notes

Three varieties, caribaea , bahamensis and hondurensis .

Syn. for var. caribaea : Pinus recurvata Rowlee 1903; P. cubensis Grisebach var. anomala Rowlee 1903 (1).

Syn. for var. bahamensis : Pinus bahamensis Grisebach 1864 (1).

Syn. for var. hondurensis : Pinus hondurensis Sénéclauze 1868; Pinus hondurensis Loock 1950 non Sénéclauze (1).

Description

Range

Caribbean: Bahamas & Turks-Caicos Islands (var. bahamensis ); W Cuba: Pinar del Rio & Isla de la Juventud (var. caribaea ); Mexico: S Quintana Roo; N Guatemala; Belize; Honduras incl. Islas de la Bahía; Nicaragua (var. hondurensis ) (1). See also (3).

Big Tree

Oldest

Dendrochronology

Ethnobotany

Observations

Remarks

Citations

(1) Farjon & Styles 1997 .
(2) The Conifers , an online tutorial.

(3) Robert S. Thompson, Katherine H. Anderson and Patrick J. Bartlein. 1999. Atlas of Relations Between Climatic Parameters and Distributions of Important Trees and Shrubs in North America. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1650 A&B. URL= http://greenwood.cr.usgs.gov/pub/ppapers/p1650-a/pages/conifers.html , accessed 22-Jan-2000.

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This page is from the Gymnosperm Database
URL: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/2285/pi/pin/caribaea.htm
Edited by Christopher J. Earle
E-mail: earlecj@earthlink.com
Last modified on 24-Jan-2000

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