Vasilis Teodoridis:
Pinaceae | Picea
11. Picea likiangensis (Franchet) E. Pritzel; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 217. 1900.
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Trees to 50 m tall; trunk to 2.5 m d.b.h.; bark dull gray or brown-gray; breaking into thick; irregular plates; crown pyramidal; branchlets initially pale yellow or brownish yellow; finally gray or gray-yellow; often sparsely pubescent; rarely with glandular hairs; winter buds brown; conical; ovoid; or globose; resinous; scales not reflexed; or slightly opening at base of branchlets. Leaves directed forward on upper side of branchlets; spreading on lower side; linear; straight or slightly curved; ± broadly rhombic in cross section or subflattened; 0.6-1.5 cm x 1-1.5 mm; stomatal lines 4-7 along each surface adaxially; 0-4 along each surface abaxially; apex acute or obtuse. Seed cones reddish brown or purple; maturing brown; reddish brown; purplish brown; or dark purple; ovoid-oblong or ovoid-cylindric; 4-12 x 1.7-3.5 cm. Seed scales at middle of cones rhombic-ovate; 1.5-2.6 x 1-1.7 cm; base cuneate; margin denticulate or undulate; apical part narrowed into a triangular or obtusely triangular point. Seeds gray-brown; subovoid; 0.7-1.4 cm including wing; wing pale brown; lustrous; usually with purplish spots; obovate-oblong. Pollination Apr-May; seed maturity Sep-Oct.
Mountains; ravines; river basins; 2500-4100 m. S Qinghai; S and W Sichuan; E Xizang; NW Yunnan [Bhutan]
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Pinaceae | Picea
11. Picea likiangensis (Franchet) E. Pritzel; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 217. 1900.
???? li jiang yun shan
Trees to 50 m tall; trunk to 2.5 m d.b.h.; bark dull gray or brown-gray; breaking into thick; irregular plates; crown pyramidal; branchlets initially pale yellow or brownish yellow; finally gray or gray-yellow; often sparsely pubescent; rarely with glandular hairs; winter buds brown; conical; ovoid; or globose; resinous; scales not reflexed; or slightly opening at base of branchlets. Leaves directed forward on upper side of branchlets; spreading on lower side; linear; straight or slightly curved; ± broadly rhombic in cross section or subflattened; 0.6-1.5 cm x 1-1.5 mm; stomatal lines 4-7 along each surface adaxially; 0-4 along each surface abaxially; apex acute or obtuse. Seed cones reddish brown or purple; maturing brown; reddish brown; purplish brown; or dark purple; ovoid-oblong or ovoid-cylindric; 4-12 x 1.7-3.5 cm. Seed scales at middle of cones rhombic-ovate; 1.5-2.6 x 1-1.7 cm; base cuneate; margin denticulate or undulate; apical part narrowed into a triangular or obtusely triangular point. Seeds gray-brown; subovoid; 0.7-1.4 cm including wing; wing pale brown; lustrous; usually with purplish spots; obovate-oblong. Pollination Apr-May; seed maturity Sep-Oct.
Mountains; ravines; river basins; 2500-4100 m. S Qinghai; S and W Sichuan; E Xizang; NW Yunnan [Bhutan]
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Pinaceae | Picea
11. Picea likiangensis (Franchet) E. Pritzel; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 217. 1900.
???? li jiang yun shan
Trees to 50 m tall; trunk to 2.5 m d.b.h.; bark dull gray or brown-gray; breaking into thick; irregular plates; crown pyramidal; branchlets initially pale yellow or brownish yellow; finally gray or gray-yellow; often sparsely pubescent; rarely with glandular hairs; winter buds brown; conical; ovoid; or globose; resinous; scales not reflexed; or slightly opening at base of branchlets. Leaves directed forward on upper side of branchlets; spreading on lower side; linear; straight or slightly curved; ± broadly rhombic in cross section or subflattened; 0.6-1.5 cm x 1-1.5 mm; stomatal lines 4-7 along each surface adaxially; 0-4 along each surface abaxially; apex acute or obtuse. Seed cones reddish brown or purple; maturing brown; reddish brown; purplish brown; or dark purple; ovoid-oblong or ovoid-cylindric; 4-12 x 1.7-3.5 cm. Seed scales at middle of cones rhombic-ovate; 1.5-2.6 x 1-1.7 cm; base cuneate; margin denticulate or undulate; apical part narrowed into a triangular or obtusely triangular point. Seeds gray-brown; subovoid; 0.7-1.4 cm including wing; wing pale brown; lustrous; usually with purplish spots; obovate-oblong. Pollination Apr-May; seed maturity Sep-Oct.
Mountains; ravines; river basins; 2500-4100 m. S Qinghai; S and W Sichuan; E Xizang; NW Yunnan [Bhutan]