Taxon: Pinus cembra L.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Pinus cembra forma columnaris (no accessions)

Common names:

• arolla pine   (Source: Zander ed17 )
  
• arolla pinetree   (Source: KrussmannC )
  
• Swiss stone pine   (Source: Hortus 3 )
  
• arolle   (Source: Zander ed17 ) [French]
  
• pin cembro   (Source: Zander ed17 ) [French]
  
• Arve   (Source: Zander ed14 ) [German]
  
• Zirbelkiefer   (Source: Zander ed14 ) [German]
  

More:

check MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Human food: seeds   (fide Edible Nuts)
  
• Materials: wood   (timber fide F Eur ed2)
  

Distributional range:

Native:

• EUROPE
  Middle Europe: Austria; Germany [s.]; Poland [s.w.]; Slovakia [e.]; Switzerland
  East Europe: Ukraine [w.]
  Southeastern Europe: Italy [n.]; Romania
  Southwestern Europe: France [s.e.]

References:

• Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. (Ency WTimber)
• Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR). (L USSR)
• Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972–. Atlas florae europaeae. (Atlas Eur)
• Krüssmann, G. 1985. Manual of cultivated conifers (English translation of Die Nadelgeholze, ed. 2. 1983). (KrussmannC)
• Rosengarten, F. 1984. The book of edible nuts. (Edible Nuts)
• Silba, J. 1986. Encyclopaedia Coniferae. Phytologia Mem. 8:135.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, second edition. (F Eur ed2)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Pinus cembra.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Pinus cembra. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for Pinus cembra L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Gymnosperm Database of Christopher J. Earle
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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