Pinus arunachalensis[1][2] is a species of large-sized[citation needed] conifer in the family Pinaceae.[1]

Pinus arunachalensis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Pinus
Subgenus: P. subg. Strobus
Section: P. sect. Quinquefoliae
Subsection: P. subsect. Strobus
Species:
P. arunachalensis
Binomial name
Pinus arunachalensis
R.C.Srivastava, 2017
Synonyms
  • Pinus parva (K.C.Sahni) R.C.Srivastava
  • Pinus wallichiana var. parva K.C.Sahni
  • Pinus wallichiana subsp. parva (K.C.Sahni) Silba
  • Pinus daflaensis Mahasin Ali Khan & Subir Bera

It is native to the Arunachal Pradesh state of northeastern India,[2] specifically near the towns or districts of Tawang and West Kameng in the eastern Himalayan Mountains, from which Pinus ravii is also found.[citation needed] The species range is located within a temperate climate.[2] It has a smaller structure and size than Pinus wallichiana, but is larger than Pinus ravii.[citation needed]

Etymology

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The Latin epithet "arunachalensis" in Pinus arunachalensis was named for the state of Arunachal Pradesh, India.[citation needed]

It was originally listed under the now regarded synonym: Pinus parva (Pinus wallichiana var. parva), but the same scientific name was already taken for a fossil pine species, hence it was renamed and revised as such.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Pinus arunachalensis". Observation.org. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
  2. ^ a b c d "Pinus arunachalensis R.C.Srivast. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-06-15.