Taxon: Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.

Genus:

Abies

Section:

Balsamea

Family:

Pinaceae

Nomen number:

635

Place of publication:

Gard. dict. ed. 8: Abies no. 3. 1768

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

05-may-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 10-nov-2010

Species priority site is:

National Arboretum (NA)

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

See other conspecific taxa:

Abies balsamea f. hudsonia (0 accessions)

Synonyms:

(=) Abies balsamea f. nana (J. Nelson) Beissn.
(=) Abies balsamea f. phanerolepis (Fernald) Rehder
(=) Abies balsamea var. phanerolepis Fernald
(=) Abies ×phanerolepis (Fernald) Tang S. Liu
(≡) Picea balsamea (L.) Loudon
Basionym: Pinus balsamea L.

Common names:

balsam (Source: AH 271) - English
balsam fir (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
Canada balsam (Source: AH 271) - English
eastern fir (Source: AH 271) - English
fir balsam (Source: Hortus 3) - English
sapin balsamier (Source: HerbSpices) - French
sapin baumier (Source: F NAmer) - French
Balsamtanne (Source: HerbSpices) - German
abete balsamifero (Source: Mult Glossary Trees) - Italian
balsamgran (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

Environmental: ornamental (fide Hortus 3)
Materials: essential oils (fide HerbSpices)
Materials: fiber (fide AH 519)
Materials: gum/resin (fide AH 519)
Materials: wood (fide AH 519)
Medicines: folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
Social: religious/secular (Christmas tree and decorations fide AH 519)

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Quebec, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Newfoundland]
WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba]
NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia]
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Virginia]

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)
Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. 1986-1987 (HerbSpices)
FNA Editorial Committee Flora of North America. 1993- (F NAmer)
Fowells, H. A. Silvics of forest trees of the United States. 1965 (AH 271)
International Seed Testing Association A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees. 1971 (Mult Glossary Trees)
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium Hortus third. 1976 (Hortus 3)
Little, E. L., Jr. Important forest trees of the United States. 1978 (AH 519)
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 (Herbs Commerce ed2)

Check other web resources for Abies balsamea (L.) Mill. :

Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
BONAP North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program:
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
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=635. Accessed 13 mayo 2024.