Tree up to 40m, with wide-spreading branches. Leaves 20-40 x 2mm, green above, white beneath, apex rounded and notched, margins some what inrolled. Males cones 20 x 7mm. Female cones at first ovoid, 1cm, when mature cylindrical, 10-15 x 3.5- 7.5cm; ovuliferous scales 3cm broad. Seeds ovoid, 1cm, bearing a rounded, oblong or spathulate wing, as long as the seed.
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Abies fabri subsp. fordei (Rushforth) Silba |
| synonym | Abies fordei Rushforth |
| synonym | Abies spectabilis var. densa (Griff.) Silba |
🗒 Common Names
| Dzongkha |
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| Tshangla/Sharchop |
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📚 Overview
Description
Family Description
Monoecious, ocasionally dioecious, evergreen or deciduous trees. Leaves linear, sometimes needle-like, borne singly or in clusters on short shoots. Male cones short-lived, ovoid or globose, consisting of scales, each bearing 2 pollensacs on the lower surface. Female cones with 2 ovules on the upper surface of their ovulliferous scales; scales becoming enlarged, woody and spreading at maturity, sometimes with bracts exserted between them. Seeds bearing an ovate-oblong, Membranous wing.
Genus Description
Evergreen trees. Leaves linear, flattened, spirally arranged but distichous due to twisting, borne on a disc- like base, leaving rounded depressions on branches after leaf-fall. Male cones catkin- like, borne in clusters near shoot tips. Female deciduous; bract scales pointed, shortly exserted.
Species description
Tree up to 40m, with wide-spreading branches. Leaves 20-40 x 2mm, green above, white beneath, apex rounded and notched, margins some what inrolled. Males cones 20 x 7mm. Female cones at first ovoid, 1cm, when mature cylindrical, 10-15 x 3.5- 7.5cm; ovuliferous scales 3cm broad. Seeds ovoid, 1cm, bearing a rounded, oblong or spathulate wing, as long as the seed.
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
Rank
Species
Zhang, D, Christian, T., Carter, G., Farjon, A., Liao, W. & Yang, Y. 2013. Abies densa Griff.; The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/42278. Accessed on 30 November 2017.
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📚 Natural History
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Habitat
Terrestrial
Moist coniferous forests, commonly covering large areas as pure stands, often with an understory of Rhododendron, at lower levels mixed with Hemlock, at higher altitudes becoming dwarf and mixed with Juniper.
Terrestrial
Zhang, D, Christian, T., Carter, G., Farjon, A., Liao, W. & Yang, Y. 2013. Abies densa Griff.; The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/42278. Accessed on 30 November 2017.
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List Category
Least Concern
LC
Zhang, D, Christian, T., Carter, G., Farjon, A., Liao, W. & Yang, Y. 2013. Abies densa Griff.; The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/42278. Accessed on 30 November 2017.
| Attributions | Zhang, D, Christian, T., Carter, G., Farjon, A., Liao, W. & Yang, Y. 2013. Abies densa Griff.; The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/42278. Accessed on 30 November 2017. |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Uses and Management
No Data
📚 Information Listing
References
Demography and Conservation > Conservation Status
- Zhang, D, Christian, T., Carter, G., Farjon, A., Liao, W. & Yang, Y. 2013. Abies densa Griff.; The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/42278. Accessed on 30 November 2017.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Pinopsida |
| Order | Pinales |
| Family | Pinaceae |
| Genus | Abies |
| Species | Abies densa Griff. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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