Larix mastersiana
Species of conifer
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Larix mastersiana is a species of larch in the family Pinaceae. It is found only in western China in west-central Sichuan around Guanxian (now Dujiangyan City) west of the Min River, where it grows at 2,000–3,500 metres altitude. It is threatened by timber harvest and habitat loss. It is a deciduous coniferous tree growing to 20–25 metres tall, with yellow-brown bark on young trees, becoming grey on older trees. The leaves are 12–35 mm (mostly 20–30 mm) long. The cones are 2.5–4.5 cm long, with exserted bracts.[2]
| Larix mastersiana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnosperms |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Pinales |
| Family: | Pinaceae |
| Genus: | Larix |
| Species: | L. mastersiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Larix mastersiana Rehder & E.H.Wilson | |
Its status as a distinct species has recently been questioned, as it is genetically nested within the very similar Larix potaninii which occurs in the same area; it may be better treated as a synonym of that species, or a variety of it.[3]
