Pinus luchuensis

Pinus luchuensis
A lone P. luchuensis, growing on Chichi-jima Island
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Gymnospermae
Division:	Pinophyta
Class:	Pinopsida
Order:	Pinales
Family:	Pinaceae
Genus:	Pinus
Subgenus:	P. subg. Pinus
Section:	P. sect. Pinus
Subsection:	P. subsect. Pinus
Species:	P. luchuensis
Binomial name
Pinus luchuensis Mayr [2]
Synonyms [3]
Pinus luchuensis subsp. hwangshanensis(W.Y.Hsia) D.Z.Li P. l. var. hwangshanensis(W.Y.Hsia) C.L.Wu P. l. var. shenkanensis Silba P. l. subsp. taiwanensis(Hayata) D.Z.Li

Pinus luchuensis, commonly called Luchu pine ^[2] , Ryukyu pine, or Okinawa pine, ^[2] is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae endemic to, and locally abundant in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan. ^{[1] [2]} It was once threatened by habitat loss in the wild, where it can be found growing in small stands near windy ocean shores. ^[1] Having been harvested widely since the Second World War, the remaining stands are no longer commercially viable, ^[1] except when cultivated for ornamental use. ^[2]

References

1. Farjon, A. (2013). "Pinus luchuensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013 e.T33989A2839596. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T33989A2839596.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. Pinus luchuensis was originally described and published in Botanisches Centralblatt 58: 149. 1894. "Pinus luchuensis". Germplasm Resources Information Network . Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture . Retrieved December 7, 2011.
3. "Pinus luchuensis Mayr". The Plant List; Version 1. (published on the internet). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. 2010. Retrieved December 7, 2011.