Pinus arunachalensis[1][2] is a species of large-sized[citation needed] conifer in the family Pinaceae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Pinales |
| Family: | Pinaceae |
| Genus: | Pinus |
| Subgenus: | P. subg. Strobus |
| Section: | P. sect. Quinquefoliae |
| Subsection: | P. subsect. Strobus |
| Species: | P. arunachalensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pinus arunachalensis R.C.Srivastava, 2017
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It is native to the Arunachal Pradesh state of northeastern India,[2] specifically near the towns or districts of Tawang and West Kameng in the eastern Himalayan Mountains, from which Pinus ravii is also found.[citation needed] The species range is located within a temperate climate.[2] It has a smaller structure and size than Pinus wallichiana, but is larger than Pinus ravii.[citation needed]
Etymology
editThe Latin epithet "arunachalensis" in Pinus arunachalensis was named for the state of Arunachal Pradesh, India.[citation needed]
It was originally listed under the now regarded synonym: Pinus parva (Pinus wallichiana var. parva), but the same scientific name was already taken for a fossil pine species, hence it was renamed and revised as such.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Pinus arunachalensis". Observation.org. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
- ^ a b c d "Pinus arunachalensis R.C.Srivast. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-06-15.