Vasilis Teodoridis:
Pinaceae | Pinus
31. Pinus armandii Franchet; Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat.; sér. 2. 7: 95. 1884.
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Trees to 35 m tall; trunk to 1 m d.b.h.; bark gray; fissured into square plates or shed; crown conical or cylindric-pyramidal; branchlets green; gray-green; or -brown; glaucous; turning brown when dry; glabrous; winter buds almost cylindric; slightly resinous. Needles 5(-7) per bundle; triangular in cross section; 8-15 cm x 1-1.5 mm; vascular bundle 1; resin canals 3(-7); median or 2 marginal. Pollen cones erect or drooping; slender or stout; cylindric or ovoid-ellipsoid. Seed cones pedunculate (peduncle 2-3 cm); green; maturing yellow or brown-yellow; conical-cylindric; dehiscent at maturity; shedding seeds. Seed scales rhombic-obovate; 3-4 x 2.5-3 cm; apophyses rhombic or triangular; not ridged; apex obtuse-rounded or acuminate; not recurved or slightly recurved; umbo not obvious. Seeds yellow-brown; dark brown; or black; obovoid; 1-1.5 cm x 6-10 mm; wingless or abaxial margin ridged; rarely shortly winged. Pollination Apr-May; seed maturity Sep-Oct of 2nd year.
Mountains; river basins; 1000-3300 m. S Gansu; C and NW Guizhou; Hainan; SW Henan; W Hubei; S Shaanxi; S Shanxi; Sichuan; C Taiwan; SE Xizang; Yunnan [N Myanmar]
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Pinaceae | Pinus
31. Pinus armandii Franchet; Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat.; sér. 2. 7: 95. 1884.
??? hua shan song
Trees to 35 m tall; trunk to 1 m d.b.h.; bark gray; fissured into square plates or shed; crown conical or cylindric-pyramidal; branchlets green; gray-green; or -brown; glaucous; turning brown when dry; glabrous; winter buds almost cylindric; slightly resinous. Needles 5(-7) per bundle; triangular in cross section; 8-15 cm x 1-1.5 mm; vascular bundle 1; resin canals 3(-7); median or 2 marginal. Pollen cones erect or drooping; slender or stout; cylindric or ovoid-ellipsoid. Seed cones pedunculate (peduncle 2-3 cm); green; maturing yellow or brown-yellow; conical-cylindric; dehiscent at maturity; shedding seeds. Seed scales rhombic-obovate; 3-4 x 2.5-3 cm; apophyses rhombic or triangular; not ridged; apex obtuse-rounded or acuminate; not recurved or slightly recurved; umbo not obvious. Seeds yellow-brown; dark brown; or black; obovoid; 1-1.5 cm x 6-10 mm; wingless or abaxial margin ridged; rarely shortly winged. Pollination Apr-May; seed maturity Sep-Oct of 2nd year.
Mountains; river basins; 1000-3300 m. S Gansu; C and NW Guizhou; Hainan; SW Henan; W Hubei; S Shaanxi; S Shanxi; Sichuan; C Taiwan; SE Xizang; Yunnan [N Myanmar]
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Pinaceae | Pinus
31. Pinus armandii Franchet; Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat.; sér. 2. 7: 95. 1884.
??? hua shan song
Trees to 35 m tall; trunk to 1 m d.b.h.; bark gray; fissured into square plates or shed; crown conical or cylindric-pyramidal; branchlets green; gray-green; or -brown; glaucous; turning brown when dry; glabrous; winter buds almost cylindric; slightly resinous. Needles 5(-7) per bundle; triangular in cross section; 8-15 cm x 1-1.5 mm; vascular bundle 1; resin canals 3(-7); median or 2 marginal. Pollen cones erect or drooping; slender or stout; cylindric or ovoid-ellipsoid. Seed cones pedunculate (peduncle 2-3 cm); green; maturing yellow or brown-yellow; conical-cylindric; dehiscent at maturity; shedding seeds. Seed scales rhombic-obovate; 3-4 x 2.5-3 cm; apophyses rhombic or triangular; not ridged; apex obtuse-rounded or acuminate; not recurved or slightly recurved; umbo not obvious. Seeds yellow-brown; dark brown; or black; obovoid; 1-1.5 cm x 6-10 mm; wingless or abaxial margin ridged; rarely shortly winged. Pollination Apr-May; seed maturity Sep-Oct of 2nd year.
Mountains; river basins; 1000-3300 m. S Gansu; C and NW Guizhou; Hainan; SW Henan; W Hubei; S Shaanxi; S Shanxi; Sichuan; C Taiwan; SE Xizang; Yunnan [N Myanmar]