Pinus merkusii

Pinus merkusii subsp. merkusii, Lake Toba, Sumatra
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Pinus merkusii is listed as Vulnerable.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pinales 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Tracheophyta
Divisio: Pinophyta
Classis: Pinopsida
Ordo: Pinales

Familia: Pinaceae
Genus: Pinus
Subgenus: P. subg. Pinus
Sectio: P. sect. Merkusia
Species: P. merkusii
Subspecies: P. m. subsp. merkusii P. m. subsp. ustulata

Name

Pinus merkusii Jungh. & de Vriese, in W.H.de Vriese, Pl. Nov. Ind. Bat. 1: 5 (1845).
Note: Subspecies not supported by Farjon (2010), Govaerts et al. (2023) & Hassler (2023).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Asia-Tropical
    • Malesia
      • Philippines, Sumatera.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Additional references

Vernacular names

  • English: Sumatran Pine
  • Esperanto: Merkus-pino
  • فارسی: کاج سوماترا
  • suomi: Indonesianmänty
  • Bahasa Indonesia: Tusam Sumatera
  • перем коми: Суматраись пожум
  • polski: Sosna Merkusa
  • удмурт: Суматраысь пужым
  • Tiếng Việt: Thông Sumatra
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