Pinus wangii

Pinus wangii
In Kunming Botanical Garden
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnosperms
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

Pinus wangii, the Guangdong white pine (Chinese: 毛枝五针松), is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae. It was named after Dr. Shao-Ping Wang, a professor of forest genetics.

Distribution

This pine tree is native to Yunnan Province of southern China, where two populations are known from Wenshan Prefecture. It is uncertain whether it occurs in northern Vietnam.

Pinus wangii is an endangered species on the IUCN Red List, threatened by continued logging. It is under second-class national protection in China.