Taxon: Abies spectabilis (D. Don) Mirb.

Genus:

Abies

Section:

Pseudopicea

Family:

Pinaceae

Nomen number:

720

Place of publication:

Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 13:70. 1825

Link to protologue:

Comment:

valid publication by Mirbel confirmed by original literature, where his citation "spectabilis. Don" can be taken as an indirect reference to the basionym Pinus spectabilis D. Don under Melbourne ICN Art. 41.3

Typification:

Name Verified on:

18-sep-1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 18-may-2017

Species priority site is:

National Arboretum (NA)

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

(=) Abies webbiana Lindl.
Basionym: Pinus spectabilis D. Don
(=) Pinus webbiana Wall. ex Lamb.

Common names:

Himalayan fir (Source: CRC MedHerbs ed2) - English
zang leng shan (Source: F ChinaEng) - Transcribed Chinese

Economic Importance:

Materials: wood (fide A. Farjon, pers. comm. 1996)
Medicines: folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan
CHINA: China [Xizang (w.)]

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, [Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh] Nepal

References:

Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002 (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
Farjon, A. 1995. pers. comm. (pers. comm.)
Hara, H. et al. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. 1978-1982 (L Nepal)
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 (Herbs Commerce ed2)
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- (F ChinaEng)

Check other web resources for Abies spectabilis (D. Don) Mirb. :

Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
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=720. Accessed 13 mayo 2024.