Abies ziyuanensis

Abies ziyuanensis
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Gymnospermae
Division:	Pinophyta
Class:	Pinopsida
Order:	Pinales
Family:	Pinaceae
Genus:	Abies
Species:	A. ziyuanensis
Binomial name
Abies ziyuanensis L.K. Fu & S.L. Mo

Abies ziyuanensis is a species of fir, a conifer in the family Pinaceae. It is only known from four locations in Guangxi and Hunan provinces in China. ^[1] A. ziyuanensis is related to Abies beshanzuensis , another threatened fir endemic to China.

While the population was in the thousands as recently as the 1970s, there are now thought to be less than 600 trees in existence. ^[2]

References

1. Farjon, A.; Li, J.-y.; Li, N.; Li, Y.; Carter, G.; Katsuki, T.; Liao, W.; Luscombe, D.; Qin, H.-n.; Rao, L.-b.; Rushforth, K.; Yang, Y.; Yu, S.; Xiang, Q.; Zhang, D (2011). "Abies ziyuanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011 e.T32320A9696874. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T32320A9696874.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. "Ziyuan fir discovery brings new hope for one of China's most threatened trees". 20 November 2014.