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Encyclopedia > Lacebark Pine
Lacebark Pine
An old tree in China
An old tree in China
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Pinus
Species: P. bungeana
Pinus bungeana
Zucc. ex Endl.

Lacebark Pine (Pinus bungeana) is a pine native to northeastern and central China. It is a slow-growing tree to 15-25 m tall. Its smooth, grey-green bark gradually sheds in round scales to reveal patches of pale yellow, which turn olive-brown, red and purple on exposure to light. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1920x2560, 3286 KB) Description: Lacebark pine Source: Date: On July 3 2005 Author: Taken by Fanghong Permission: File links The following pages link to this file: Lacebark Pine ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Orders & Families Cordaitales † Pinales   Pinaceae - Pine family   Araucariaceae - Araucaria family   Podocarpaceae - Yellow-wood family   Sciadopityaceae - Umbrella-pine family   Cupressaceae - Cypress family   Cephalotaxaceae - Plum-yew family   Taxaceae - Yew family Vojnovskyales † Voltziales † The conifers, division Pinophyta, are one of 13 or 14 division level taxa within the Kingdom Plantae. ... Orders & Families Cordaitales † Pinales   Pinaceae - Pine family   Araucariaceae - Araucaria family   Podocarpaceae - Yellow-wood family   Sciadopityaceae - Umbrella-pine family   Cupressaceae - Cypress family   Cephalotaxaceae - Plum-yew family   Taxaceae - Yew family Vojnovskyales † Voltziales † The conifers, division Pinophyta, are one of 13 or 14 division level taxa within the Kingdom Plantae. ... Families Pinaceae, pine family Araucariaceae, araucaria family Podocarpaceae, yellow-wood family Phyllocladaceae Sciadopityaceae, umbrella-pine family Cupressaceae, cypress family Cephalotaxaceae, plum-yew family Taxaceae, yew family The Order Pinales in the Division Pinophyta, Class Pinopsida comprises all the extant conifers. ... Genera Subfamily Pinoideae     Pinus - pines (about 115 species) Subfamily Piceoideae     Picea - spruces (about 35 species) Subfamily Laricoideae     Cathaya (one species)     Larix - larches (about 14 species)     Pseudotsuga - douglas-firs (five species) Subfamily Abietoideae     Abies - firs (about 50 species)     Cedrus - cedars (two to four species)     Pseudolarix - golden larch (one species)     Keteleeria (three... Species About 115. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini (10 August 1797 - 18 February 1848) was a German botanist, Professor of Botany at the University of München. ... Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher (24 June 1804 - 28 March 1849; botanical abbreviation Endl. ... Species About 115. ... The coniferous Sequoia, the tallest tree species on earth A tree can be defined as a large, perennial, woody plant. ... BARK (Binär Automatisk ReläKalkylator) was completed in February 1950 at a cost of 400. ...

Bark and foliage
Bark and foliage

This broad, somewhat bushy tree produces branches which are long and sweep sharply upwards. The needle-like leaves are produced in threes with a deciduous sheath, spread widely apart on the shoots and face forward, glossy green, 6-9 cm long and 2 mm broad. The cones are ovoid, 4-7 cm long and 3-5 cm across, dark brown with relatively few scales. The seeds are 6-8 mm long, with a rudimentary wing, and are dispersed by the Spotted Nutcracker. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 3405 KB) Description: Lacebark pine Source: Date: On July 3 2005 Author: Taken by Fanghong Permission: File links The following pages link to this file: Lacebark Pine ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 3405 KB) Description: Lacebark pine Source: Date: On July 3 2005 Author: Taken by Fanghong Permission: File links The following pages link to this file: Lacebark Pine ... In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. ... A cone (in formal botanical usage: strobilus, plural strobili) is an organ on plants in the division Pinophyta (conifers) that contains the reproductive structures. ... An oval or ovoid was originally an egg shape (from Latin OVVM); it is now usually used to refer to ellipses, but can also mean any similar shape, such as egg shapes or race-course shapes (a semicircle on either side of a quadrilateral). ... SEED is a block cipher developed by the Korean Information Security Agency. ... Binomial name Nucifraga caryocatactes (Linnaeus,, 1758) The Spotted Nutcracker, or just Nutcracker, (Nucifraga caryocatactes) is a passerine bird slightly larger than the Eurasian Jay. ...


Uses

Lacebark Pine is a valuable ornamental tree, grown mainly for its decorative bark, said by many to be the most beautiful of all pines. In China, it is widely planted beside temples, with some specimens reported to be over 1,000 years old. It was introduced to Europe and North America in 1846, and specimens are grown in many botanical gardens and occasionally in parks.


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