Taxon: Picea smithiana (Wall.) Boiss.

Genus:

Picea

Family:

Pinaceae

Nomen number:

28328

Place of publication:

Fl. orient. 5:700. 1884

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

25-may-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 22-may-1997

Species priority site is:

National Arboretum (NA)

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

(=) Picea morinda Link
Basionym: Pinus smithiana Wall.

Common names:

Himalayan spruce (Source: Dict Gard) - English
morinda spruce (Source: Dict Gard) - English
Himalajafichte (Source: Zander ed14) - German
pinheiro (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
himalayagran (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish
chang ye yun shan (Source: F ChinaEng) - Transcribed Chinese

Economic Importance:

Environmental: ornamental (fide Dict Gard)
Materials: wood (timber fide Ency WTimber)

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, [Jammu and Kashmir] Nepal

Cultivated

(also cult.)

References:

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
Boutelje, J. B. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. 1980 (Ency WTimber)
Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993 (Zander ed14)
Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. (pers. comm.)
Hara, H. et al. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. 1978-1982 (L Nepal)
Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- (F ChinaEng)

Check other web resources for Picea smithiana (Wall.) Boiss. :

Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=28328. Accessed 14 mayo 2024.