Abies chensiensis Tiegh.

Shensi fir (en), Sapin du Shaanxi (fr)

Species

Gymnosperms > Pinales > Pinaceae > Abies

Characteristics

Trees to 50 m tall; branchlets yellowish gray or brownish yellow, glabrous or puberulent; winter buds conical, resinous, Leaves ± pectinately arranged in 2 lateral sets, dark green adaxially, linear, flattened, 1.5-4.8 cm, stomatal lines in 2 white bands abaxially, resin canals 2, marginal or median on cone-bearing branchlets, apex 2-cleft acute or obtuse on cone-bearing branchlets. Seed cones subsessile, green, ripening brown, cylindric or ovoid-cylindric, 7-10 × 3-4 cm. Seed scales at middle of cones reniform, ca. 1.5 × 2.5 cm, exposed part densely pubescent abaxially. Bracts included, ligulate, ca. 3/4 as long as seed scales, distal margin erose-denticulate, apex with short cusp. Seeds obtriangular-ellipsoid, ca. 8 mm; wing cuneate, ca. 5 mm.
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Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
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Mature width (meter) 4.0 - 8.0
Mature height (meter) 50.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 7-9
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Soil acidity 2-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-7

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 21 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 20 - 23
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Images

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Distribution

Abies chensiensis world distribution map, present in China and India

Conservation status

Abies chensiensis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:676557-1
WFO ID wfo-0000511051
COL ID 8KBB
BDTFX ID 101339
INPN ID 717024
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Abies chensiensis Abies chensiensis subsp. chensiensis

Lower taxons

Abies chensiensis var. ernestii Abies chensiensis subsp. salouenensis Abies chensiensis var. salouenensis Abies chensiensis var. yulongxueshanensis