Synonyms:

• (≡) Pinus thunbergiana Franco

Common names:

• black pine  (Source: Zander ed17) - English
• Japanese black pine  (Source: Pines) - English
• japanische Schwarzkiefer  (Source: Zander ed14) - German
• Thunbergs Kiefer  (Source: Zander ed17) - German
• pino di Thunberg  (Source: Mult Glossary Trees) - Italian
• kuro-matsu  (Source: Pines) - Japanese Rōmaji
• hei song  (Source: F ChinaEng) - Transcribed Chinese
• haesong  (Source: F Korea) - Transcribed Korean

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: ornamental (for bonsai fide Dict Gard)
• Environmental: revegetator (for afforestation fide F ChinaEng)
• Materials: wood (fide A. Farjon, pers. comm. 1996)

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

• EASTERN ASIA: Japan, [Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku] Korea, South


Cultivated (also cult.)

References:

1. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993 (Zander ed14)
2. Erhardt, W. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. 2002 (Zander ed17)
3. Farjon, A. Pines, drawings and descriptions of the genus Pinus. 1984 (Pines)
4. Farjon, A. 1996. pers. comm. (pers. comm.)
5. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
6. International Seed Testing Association A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees. 1971 (Mult Glossary Trees)
7. Lee, Y. N. Flora of Korea. (F Korea)
8. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- (F ChinaEng)

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=28563. Accessed 13 mayo 2024.