- Family: Pinaceae Spreng. ex F.Rudolphi
- Genus: Abies Mill.
Abies alba Mill.
- Genus: Abies Mill.
This species is accepted, and its native range is Pyrenees to Carpathians and Balkan Peninsula.
Descriptions
According to EDGE Gymnosperms
[EDGE]Forest, F. et al. 2018. Gymnosperms on the EDGE. Scientific Reports 8: 6053. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-24365-4.
- Conservation
- Abies alba is rated as Least Concerned (LC) according to IUCN Red List criteria and has received a EDGE score of -7.93, which places it in position 834 on the EDGE Gymnosperm list. It has a Evolutionary Distinctiveness of 7.23, ranked 420. More information on the EDGE Gymnosperm project here https://www.edgeofexistence.org.
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Distribution
Native to:
Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Belgium, Denmark, Great Britain, Norway, Portugal, Sweden
Synonyms
- Abies abies Rusby
- Abies alba subsp. apennina Brullo, Scelsi & Spamp.
- Abies alba var. pardei (Gaussen) Silba
- Abies alba subsp. pardei (Gaussen) Silba
- Abies argentea Chambray
- Abies baldensis (Zuccagni) Zucc. ex Nyman
- Abies candicans Fisch. ex Endl.
- Abies chlorocarpa Purk. ex Nyman
- Abies metensis Gordon
- Abies miniata Knight ex Gordon
- Abies minor Gilib.
- Abies nobilis A.Dietr.
- Abies pardei Gaussen
- Abies pectinata (Lam.) DC.
- Abies picea (L.) Lindl.
- Abies taxifolia Raf.
- Abies taxifolia Desf.
- Abies vulgaris Poir.
- Peuce abies Rich.
- Picea kukunaria Wender.
- Picea metensis Gordon & Glend.
- Picea pectinata (Lam.) Loudon
- Picea pyramidalis Gordon
- Picea rinzi Gordon & Glend.
- Picea tenuifolia Beissn.
- Pinus abies Du Roi
- Pinus baldensis Zuccagni
- Pinus heterophylla K.Koch
- Pinus lucida Salisb.
- Pinus pectinata Lam.
- Pinus picea L.
Other Data
Abies alba Mill. appears in other Kew resources:
Herbarium Catalogue (9 records)
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
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Jun 1, 2008 | Turrill, W.B. [2375], France | K000332506 | ||
Jun 1, 2008 | Meebold, A. [s.n.], Austria | K000567503 | ||
Jun 1, 2008 | Favrat, L. [4/564], Switzerland | K000567502 | ||
Jun 1, 2008 | Lemperg, F. [271], Macedonia | K000567505 | ||
Dec 1, 2004 | Turrill, W.B. [2375], France | K000332504 | ||
Rácz, I. [45570], Romania | K000332503 | |||
s.coll. [s.n.], Bulgaria | K000978740 | syntype | ||
s.coll. [s.n.], Bulgaria | K000978741 | |||
Stefanoff, N. [s.n.], Bulgaria | K000978739 | syntype |
Bibliography
First published in Gard. Dict. ed. 7: n.º 1 (1756)
Accepted by
- Farjon, A. (2010). A handbook of the world's Conifers 1: 1-526. BRILL, Leiden, Boston.
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
- Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1993). Flora Europaea ed. 2, 1: 1-581. Cambridge University Press.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Farjon, A. (2001). World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers, ed. 2: 1-309. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1993). Flora Europaea ed. 2, 1: 1-581. Cambridge University Press.
Sources
EDGE Gymnosperms
EDGE of Existence (Gymnosperms)
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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