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Abies delavayi
| Description | Abies delavayi, the Delavay's silver-fir or Delavay's fir, is a species of fir, native to Yunnan in southwest China and adjoining border areas in southeastern Tibet, far northeastern India, northern Myanmar, and far northwestern Vietnam. It is a high altitude mountain tree, growing at elevations of 3,000–4,000 m (exceptionally down to 2,400 m and up to 4,300 m), often occupying the tree line. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abies_delavayi, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | species | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Pinaceae : Abies : Abies delavayi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Generic Name | Abies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Abies delavayi Franch. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | J. Bot. (Morot) 13:255. 1899 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Delavay's Fir, Delavay's Silver Fir, Abete Di Delavay, Delavay-tanne, Yunnan-tanne, Sapin De Yunnan, пихта делавэ, 苍山冷杉 (cang Shan Leng Shan) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abies_delavayi |
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Abies delavayi fansipanensis subspecies | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Abies delavayi delavayi variety | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Abies delavayi motuoensis variety | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Abies delavayi nukiangensis variety | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Abies delavayi delavayi | GBIF | subspecies | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Pinaceae : Abies : Abies delavayi delavayi |
References
| Farjon, A. & D. Filer (2013) In: An Atlas of the World’s conifers. An analysis of their distribution, biogeography, diversity and conservation status. Brill, Leiden & Boston. 512 pp. - via Catalogue of Life |
| Franch. (1899) In: J. Bot. (Morot) 13 (8): 255. - via Catalogue of Life |
| Grimshaw, J. & Bayton, R. (2009) New trees (recent introductions to cultivation): Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - via Catalogue of Life |
| Krüssmann, G. (1983) Handbuch der Nadelgehölze, 2. Auflage: Paul Parey, Berlin & Hamburg - via Catalogue of Life |
| Liu, T.S. (1971) A monograph of the genus Abies: Dept. of Forestry, National Taiwan University, Taipei - via Catalogue of Life |
| Schroeter, A.L. & Panasiuk, V.A. (1999) Dictionary of plant names: Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein - via Catalogue of Life |
| Farjon, A. (1990) Pinaceae. [Regnum Vegetabile Vol. 121]: Koeltz Scientific Books, Königstein - via Catalogue of Life |
| Farjon, A. (2010) In: A Handbook of the World’s Conifers.Vol. 1 & 2. E. J. Brill, Leiden & Boston. 1112 pp. - via Catalogue of Life |
| Wrobel, M. & Creber, G. (1996) Elsevier's dictionary of plant names: Elsevier, Amsterdam - via Catalogue of Life |
| Wu, Z.Y. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (1999) Flora of China, Vol. 4: Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis - via Catalogue of Life |
| Bean, W.J. (1980) Trees and shrubs hardy in the British Isles, ed. 8, Vols. 1-4: John Murray, London - via Catalogue of Life |
| Farjon, A. (2010) A Handbook of the World's Conifers: E.J. Brill, Leiden - via Catalogue of Life |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
