Tree 12-40m, branchlets puberulous. Leaves 15-25 x 1.5-2mm, green above, white beneath, obtuse or acute, margins inrolled and sometimes minutely toothed. Male cones 2-3mm, consisting of a cluster of orbicular scales borne on slender stalks 5-6mm. Female cones at first 5-6mm, when mature becoming broadly ovoid, 1.5-2.5cm, scales o.75-1cm broad, rounded. Seeds ovoid, compressed, 4 x 2mm, bearing an abtuse, elliptic wing 6 x 3mm.
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Abies brunoniana (Wall.) Lindl. |
| synonym | Abies dumosa (D. Don) Mirb. |
| synonym | Abies yunnanensis Franch. |
| synonym | Pinus brunoniana Wall. |
| synonym | Pinus dumosa D. Don |
| synonym | Tsuga brunoniana (Wall.) Carrière |
| synonym | Tsuga brunoniana var. typica Patschke |
| synonym | Tsuga calcarea Downie |
| synonym | Tsuga chinensis subsp. wardii (Downie) E. Murray |
| synonym | Tsuga dumosa subsp. leptophylla (Hand.-Mazz.) E. Murray |
| synonym | Tsuga dumosa var. yunnanensis (Franch.) Silba |
| synonym | Tsuga dura Downie |
| synonym | Tsuga intermedia Hand.-Mazz. |
| synonym | Tsuga leptophylla Hand.-Mazz. |
| synonym | Tsuga wardii Downie |
| synonym | Tsuga yunnanensis (Franch.) E. Pritz. |
| synonym | Tsuga yunnanensis subsp. dura (Downie) E. Murray |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Family Description
Monoecious, ocasionally dioecious, evergreen or deciduous trees. Leaves linear, sometimes needle-like, borne singly or in clusters on short shoots. Male cones short-lived, ovoid or globose, consisting of scales, each bearing 2 pollensacs on the lower surface. Female cones with 2 ovules on the upper surface of their ovulliferous scales; scales becoming enlarged, woody and spreading at maturity, sometimes with bracts exserted between them. Seeds bearing an ovate-oblong, Membranous wing.
Genus Description
Evergreen trees. Leaves linear, flattened, spirally arranged but distichousdue to twisting, borne on small, decurrent, cushion-like projections. Male cones axils of shoots, globose. Female cones ovoid, terminal, pendulous; ovuliferous scales leathery, persistent; bract scales not exserted.
Species description
Tree 12-40m, branchlets puberulous. Leaves 15-25 x 1.5-2mm, green above, white beneath, obtuse or acute, margins inrolled and sometimes minutely toothed. Male cones 2-3mm, consisting of a cluster of orbicular scales borne on slender stalks 5-6mm. Female cones at first 5-6mm, when mature becoming broadly ovoid, 1.5-2.5cm, scales o.75-1cm broad, rounded. Seeds ovoid, compressed, 4 x 2mm, bearing an abtuse, elliptic wing 6 x 3mm.
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
Rank
Species
Yang, Y., Luscombe, D & Rushforth, K. 2013. Tsuga dumosa (D.Don) Eichler; The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/42434. Accessed on 30 November 2017.
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📚 Natural History
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Habitat
Terrestrial
Forming pure stands or mixed with Fir and Rhododendron.
Terrestrial
Yang, Y., Luscombe, D & Rushforth, K. 2013. Tsuga dumosa (D.Don) Eichler; The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/42434. Accessed on 30 November 2017.
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List Category
Least Concern
LC
Yang, Y., Luscombe, D & Rushforth, K. 2013. Tsuga dumosa (D.Don) Eichler; The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/42434. Accessed on 30 November 2017.
| Attributions | Yang, Y., Luscombe, D & Rushforth, K. 2013. Tsuga dumosa (D.Don) Eichler; The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/42434. Accessed on 30 November 2017. |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Uses and Management
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📚 Information Listing
References
Demography and Conservation > Conservation Status
- Yang, Y., Luscombe, D & Rushforth, K. 2013. Tsuga dumosa (D.Don) Eichler; The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/42434. Accessed on 30 November 2017.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Pinopsida |
| Order | Pinales |
| Family | Pinaceae |
| Genus | Tsuga |
| Species | Tsuga dumosa (D. Don) Eichler |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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