Pinus jaliscana

Pinus jaliscana, the Jalisco pine, is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae.

Pinus jaliscana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnosperms
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Pinus
Subgenus: P. subg. Pinus
Section: P. sect. Trifoliae
Subsection: P. subsect. Australes
Species:
P. jaliscana
Binomial name
Pinus jaliscana
Perez de la Rosa

It is endemic to southwestern Mexico, native to the Pacific slopes of the Sierra Madre del Sur within western Jalisco state, with populations in the Sierra de Cuale and Sierra el Tuito and south of Villa Purificación from 700 to 2,000 meters elevation.[1] It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. Farjon, A. (2013). "Pinus jaliscana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T33923A2839193. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T33923A2839193.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

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