Pinus wangii
Species of conifer
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Pinus wangii, commonly known as the Guangdong white pine (Chinese: 毛枝五针松), is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae.
| Pinus wangii | |
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| Pinus wangii in the Kunming Botanical Garden, Kunming, Yunnan, China. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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. wangii |
| Binomial name | |
| Pinus wangii Hu & Cheng | |
It was named after Dr. Shao-Ping Wang,[2] a professor of forest genetics.[3]
Distribution
This pine tree is native to Yunnan Province of southern China, where two populations are known from Wenshan Prefecture.[4] It is uncertain whether it occurs in northern Vietnam.[5]
Pinus wangii is an IUCN Red List Endangered species, threatened by continued logging.[1] It is under second-class national protection in China.[6]
