Pinus

Contains 11 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Pinus L.
PINE
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
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PINALES
Pinus
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
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
No synonyms found.