Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Tracheophyta
Divisio: Pinophyta
Classis: Pinopsida
Ordo: Pinales
Familia: Pinaceae
Genus: Abies
Sectio: A. sect. Pseudopicea
Species: Abies fabri
Subspecies: A. f. subsp. fabri – A. f. subsp. minensis
Name
Abies fabri (Mast.) Craib, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 11: 278 (1919).
Synonyms
Basionym
Keteleeria fabri Mast., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 26: 555 (1902).
Homotypic
Abies delavayi var. fabri (Mast.) D.R.Hunt, J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 92: 263 (1967).
Pinus fabri (Mast.) Voss in K.Putlitz & L.Meyer, Landlexikon 4: 773 (1913).
Distribution
Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate
China
China South-Central (Sichuan).
References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references
Craib, W.G. 1919. Abies Delavayi in Cultivation. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 11(55): 277–280, pl. clxii–clviv. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
Fu, L.K., Nan, L., Elias, T.S. & Mill, R.R. 1999. Abies fabri. Pp. 50 in Wu, Zh.Y. & Raven, P.H. (eds.), Flora of China. Volume 4: Cycadaceae through Fagaceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 0-915279-70-3. efloras Reference page.
Farjon, A. 2001. World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers. 2. ed., 309 pp. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-025-0 Reference page.
Farjon, A. 2010. A Handbook of the World's Conifers. 2 vols., pp. 1–526 + 527–1111, Koninklijke Brill, Leiden, Boston. ISBN 978-90-04-17718-5. Reference page.
Links
Xiang, Q. & Rushforth, K. 2013. Abies fabri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. IUCN Red List Category: Vulnerable . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42280A2969319.en.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Abies fabri in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 March 7. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Abies fabri. Published online. Accessed: 7 March 2021.
Vernacular names
English: Faber's Fir, Yunnan Fir
中文: 冷杉
Abies fabri (Faber's fir) is a conifer species in the family Pinaceae. It is endemic to Sichuan in western China, occurring on the sacred mountain of Emei Shan (from where it was first described) and westward to the Gongga Shan massif, growing at altitudes of 1,500–4,000 metres (4,900–13,100 ft).[2][3][4]
It is a tree growing to 40 metres (130 ft) tall, with a trunk up to a metre in diameter, and a conical to broad columnar crown. The shoots are yellowish-brown, hairless or slightly hairy. The leaves are linear, 1.5–3 centimetres (0.59–1.18 in) long and 2–2.5 millimetres (0.079–0.098 in) wide, glossy dark green above, and with two white stomatal bands below; the leaf margins are slightly revolute. The cones are cylindrical, dark purple when immature, ripening purple-blue, 5–11 centimetres (2.0–4.3 in) long and 3–4.5 centimetres (1.2–1.8 in) wide, with slightly exserted bracts.[2][4]
The most serious threat to Abies fabri seems to be acid rain from nearby industries in Chengdu.[1]
There are two subspecies:[2][3]
Abies fabri subsp. fabri. Central and western Sichuan, in areas with heavy summer monsoon rainfall.
Abies fabri subsp. minensis. Northwestern Sichuan, with a slightly drier climate.
Abies fabri is closely related to Abies delavayi and Abies forrestii, which replace it to the south and southwest respectively in southern Sichuan and Yunnan, and to Abies fargesii, which replaces it further north in Gansu.[2]
References
Xiang, Q.; Rushforth, K. (2013). "Abies fabri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T42280A2969319. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42280A2969319.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
Rushforth, K. (1987). Conifers. Helm. ISBN 0-7470-2801-X.
Farjon, A. (1990). Pinaceae. Drawings and Descriptions of the Genera. Koeltz Scientific Books. ISBN 3-87429-298-3.
Flora of China: "Abies fabri". Flora of China. Retrieved March 7, 2010.
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