Synonyms:

• (≡) Pinus cembroides var. edulis (Engelm.) Voss

Common names:

• American pinon  (Source: Edible Nuts) - English
• Colorado pinyon  (Source: F CalifJep) - English
• pignolia  (Source: Crops US) - English
• pinyon  (Source: F NAmer) - English
• pinyon pine  (Source: Hortus 3) - English
• pino edule  (Source: Mult Glossary Trees) - Italian
• piñón  (Source: F NAmer) - Spanish

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: ornamental (for Christmas trees fide AH 519)
• Human food: seeds (fide Edible Nuts; F Utah ed2)
• Fuels: fuelwood (fide F Utah ed2)

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Oklahoma (http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/shrub/pied.htm)]
• NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Wyoming (s.w.)]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California (s.e.), Utah]
• NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua (n.w.?)]


Cultivated (also cult.)

References:

1. FNA Editorial Committee Flora of North America. 1993- (F NAmer)
2. Hickman, J. C., ed. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California. 1993 (F CalifJep)
3. International Seed Testing Association A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees. 1971 (Mult Glossary Trees)
4. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium Hortus third. 1976 (Hortus 3)
5. Little, E. L., Jr. Important forest trees of the United States. 1978 (AH 519)
6. Magness, J. R. et al. Food and feed crops of the United States. IR Bull. 1. 1971 (Crops US)
7. Rosengarten, F. The book of edible nuts. 1984 (Edible Nuts)
8. Welsh, S. L. et al. A Utah flora. (F Utah ed2)

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=28445. Accessed 13 mayo 2024.