Common names:

• Mexican nut pine  (Source: Zander ed17) - English
• Mexican pinyon  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• Mexican stone pine  (Source: Zander ed17) - English
• pinyon pine  (Source: Zander ed17) - English
• mexikanische Nußkiefer  (Source: Zander ed17) - German
• pino cembroide  (Source: Mult Glossary Trees) - Italian
• pino piñonero  (Source: F NAmer) - Spanish
• piñón  (Source: F NAmer) - Spanish

Economic Importance:

• Human food: seeds (fide Pinus MexCAmer)
• Fuels: fuelwood (fide A. Farjon, pers. comm. 1996)

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
• NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Coahuila (s.), Durango, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sonora (n.e.), Tamaulipas (s.w.), Zacatecas, Baja Sur (s.)]
• SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco (n.e.), Mexico, Puebla, Queretaro, Tlaxcala (e.), Veracruz (w.-c.), Federal District]

References:

1. Erhardt, W. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. 2002 (Zander ed17)
2. Farjon, A. & B. T. Styles 1997. Pinus (Pinaceae) Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 75:231.
3. FNA Editorial Committee Flora of North America. 1993- (F NAmer)
4. International Seed Testing Association A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees. 1971 (Mult Glossary Trees)
5. Perry, J. P., Jr. The pines of Mexico and Central America. 1991 (Pines Mex CAmer)

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=28430. Accessed 14 mayo 2024.