Contains 11 accepted taxa overall.
Characteristics
Pines are immensely important for innumerable species of wildlife, and in many habitats pines are the dominant tree, especially in pyrogenic communities. Human uses include its pine bark (Duryea 2000), pine straw (Duryea 2000; Minogue et al. 2007), oleoresin (naval stores; Grissino-Mayer et al. 2001), and timber (Hall & Maxwell 1911). Oleoresin is rich in terpenes and can be separated into turpentine (volatile) and rosin. Oleoresin was historically tapped from living trees, but often now turpentine, rosins, and other products are refined from the processing of pulp or stumps (Gamble 1921; Howard & Westby 2013; Susaeta et al. 2014). The applications of pine terpenes are very diverse (Zinkel 1981; Rodrigues-CorrĂȘa et al. 2012).
Classification
Citation
PINUS Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1000. 1753.
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TYPE: Pinus sylvestris Linnaeus Lectotypified by Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 1: 56. 1913.

Species
Scientific Name | Common Name | Herbarium Specimens | Status | Photos |
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Pinus clausa | Sand Pine | |||
Pinus echinata | Shortleaf Pine, Rosemary Pine, Yellow Pine | |||
Pinus glabra | Spruce Pine, Walter's Pine | |||
Pinus palustris | Longleaf Pine, Southern Pine | |||
Pinus pungens | Table Mountain Pine, Bur Pine, Hickory Pine | |||
Pinus rigida | Pitch Pine | |||
Pinus serotina | Pocosin Pine, Pond Pine, Marsh Pine | |||
Pinus strobus | Eastern White Pine | |||
Pinus taeda | Loblolly Pine, Old Field Pine | |||
Pinus thunbergii | Japanese Black Pine | |||
Pinus virginiana | Virginia Pine, Scrub Pine, Jersey Pine |
Genus Synonyms
Synonym | Full Citation | Basionym | Type |
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No synonyms found. |