Synonyms:

• (=) Pinus excelsa Wall. ex D. Don
• (=) Pinus griffithii McClell.

Common names:

• Bhutan pine  (Source: Dict Gard) - English
• blue pine  (Source: Dict Gard) - English
• Himalayan pine  (Source: Zander ed17) - English
• Himalayan white pine  (Source: Pines) - English
• pin pleureur de l'Himalaya  (Source: Zander ed17) - French
• Tränenkiefer  (Source: Zander ed14) - German
• pino eccelso  (Source: Mult Glossary Trees) - Italian
• himalayatall  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish
• qiao song  (Source: F ChinaEng) - Transcribed Chinese

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: ornamental ()
• Materials: gum/resin ()
• Materials: wood ()

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

• WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan
• CHINA: China [Xizang (s.), Yunnan (n.w.)]

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India (n.), Nepal, Pakistan (n.)
• INDO-CHINA: Myanmar (n.)


Cultivated (also cult.)

References:

1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
2. Boutelje, J. B. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. 1980 (Ency WTimber)
3. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993 (Zander ed14)
4. Erhardt, W. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. 2002 (Zander ed17)
5. Farjon, A. Pines, drawings and descriptions of the genus Pinus. 1984 (Pines)
6. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim. (F Bhutan)
7. Hara, H. et al. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. (L Nepal)
8. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
9. International Seed Testing Association A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees. (Mult Glossary Trees)
10. Krüssmann, G. Manual of cultivated conifers (English translation of Die Nadelgeholze, ed. 2. 1983). 1985 (KrussmannC)
11. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. Flora of [West] Pakistan. (F Pak)
12. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). (Pl Names)
13. Silba, J. 1984. An international census of the Coniferae, I Phytologia Mem. 7:58.
14. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng)

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2018. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?316268. Accessed 22 April 2018.