Abies borisii-regis

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Abies borisii-regis
Intact and disintegrated Bulgarian fir cones

Least Concern  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Abies
Species:
A. borisii-regis
Binomial name
Abies borisii-regis
Mattf.
Natural range

Abies borisii-regis (Bulgarian fir) is a species of

Balkan Peninsula in Bulgaria, northern Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Albania and Serbia. It occurs at altitudes of 800–1,800 m, on mountains with an annual rainfall of over 1,000 mm.[2][3][4][5][6]

Abies borisii-regis in the Pirin Mountains, Bulgaria

It is a large

stomata below. The tip of the leaf is variable, usually pointed, but sometimes slightly notched at the tip, particularly on slow-growing shoots on older trees. The cones are 10–21 cm long and 4 cm broad, with about 150–200 scales, each scale with an exserted bract and two winged seeds; they disintegrate when mature to release the seeds.[2][3][4][5][6]

It is closely related to (and in many respects intermediate between)

Nordmann fir to the east in northern Turkey. Some botanists treat it as a natural hybrid between silver Fir and Greek fir, while others treat it as a variety of silver fir, as Abies alba var. acutifolia. Another synonym is Abies pardei.[2][3][4][5][6]

The scientific name honours

ICBN
Article 60.9 the hyphen is to be retained.

See also

References

  1. ^ Conifer Specialist Group (1998). "Abies borisii-regis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998. Retrieved 12 May 2006.
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  5. ^ a b c Liu, T.-S. (1971). A Monograph of the Genus Abies. National Taiwan University.
  6. ^ a b c Gymnosperm Database: Abies borisii-regis Archived October 31, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

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