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Genus: Pinus (pines)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Gymnospermae > Coniferophyta > Pinaceae

Pinus patula plantation near Underberg in KwaZulu-Natal. [photo H. Robertson, Iziko ©]

The 80 or so species are indigenous to the northern hemisphere. About 69 species have been cultivated in southern Africa, of which eight have become naturalised.

Species naturalised or cultivated in southern Africa

Information from Glen (2002).

Pinus arizonica (Arizona pine)

Indigenous to the USA and Mexico.

 

Pinus attenuata (Knobcone pine) 

Indigenous to western USA.

 

Pinus ayacahuite (Mexican white pine, Acalote)

Indigenous to Mexico.

 

Pinus banksiana (Jack pine) 

Indigenous to Canada.

 

Pinus canariensis (Canary pine)

Indigenous to the Canary Islands. A declared Category 2 invader plant in South Africa.

 

Pinus caribaea (Caribbean pine)

Indigenous to the Caribbean.

 

Pinus cembroides (Mexican stone pine, Piñon pine)

Indigenous to Mexico and the USA.

 

Pinus contorta (Lodgepole pine, Shore pine)

Indigenous to the USA and Canada.

 

Pinus coulteri (Coulter pine)

Indigenous to the USA. 

 

Pinus densiflora (Japanese pine)

Indigenous to China, Japan and Korea.

 

Pinus devoniana (Michoacan pine)

Indigenous to Mexico and Guatamala.

 

Pinus durangensis (Ocote)

Indigenous to Mexico.

 

Pinus echinata (Shortleaf pine)

Indigenous to the USA. 

 

Pinus elliottii (Slash pine)

Indigenous to the USA.  A declared Category 2 invader plant in South Africa.

 

Pinus engelmannii (Apache pine)

Indigenous to Mexico.

 

Pinus flexilis (Limber pine)

Indigenous to the USA and Canada.

 

Pinus gerardiana (Gerard's pine)

Indigenous to the western Himalayas.

 

Pinus glabra (Spruce pine)

Indigenous to the eastern USA.

 

Pinus greggii (Gregg's pine)

Indigenous to Mexico.

 

Pinus halepensis (Aleppo pine, Calabrian pine)

Indigenous to the eastern Mediterranean.  A declared Category 2 invader plant in South Africa.

 

Pinus hartwegii (Hartweg pine)

Indigenous to central America. 

 

Pinus jeffreyi (Jeffrey pine)

Indigenous to the western USA.

 

Pinus kesiya (Khasya pine)

Indigenous to India, China and Thailand.

 

Pinus koraiensis (Korean pine)

Indigenous to northeast Asia. 

 

Pinus lambertiana (Sugar pine)

Indigenous to the western USA.

 

Pinus lawsonii (Lawson pine)

Indigenous to Mexico. 

 

Pinus eiophylla (Smooth-leaved pine)

Indigenous to Mexico.

 

Pinus leiophylla (Chihuahua pine)

Indigenous to Mexico.

 

Pinus leucodermis (Bosnian pine)

Indigenous to the Balkans.

 

Pinus luchuensis (Luchu pine, Okinawa pine)

Indigenous to Japan.

 

Pinus lumholtzii (Pino triste)

Indigenous to Mexico.

 

Pinus massoniana (Chinese red pine)

Indigenous to China.

 

Pinus maximartinezii (Large Martίnez pine)

Indigenous to Mexico.

 

Pinus maximinoi 

Indigenous to central America.

 

Pinus merkusii (Tenasserim pine)

Indigenous from Burma to Sumatra.

 

Pinus monophylla (Singleleaf piñon)

Indigenous to the USA.

 

Pinus montezumae (Montezuma pine)

Indigenous to Mexico and Guatamala.

 

Pinus monticola (Western white pine)

Indigenous to the USA and Canada.

 

Pinus mugo (Dwarf mountain pine)

Indigenous to the Alps in Europe.

 

Pinus muricata (Bishop pine)

Indigenous to California.

 

Pinus nigra (Black pine)

Indigenous to the Mediterranean region.

 

Pinus occidentalis (Cuban pine)

Indigenous to Cuba and Hispaniola.

 

Pinus oocarpa (Pino, Pino prieto)

Indigenous to central America.

 

Pinus palustris (Longleaf pine)

Indigenous to southeastern USA.

 

Pinus patula (Patula pine, Jelecote pine)

Indigenous to Mexico.  A declared Category 2 invader plant in South Africa.

 

Pinus pinaster (Cluster pine)

Indigenous from Italy through to Morocco.  A declared Category 2 invader plant in South Africa.

 

Pinus pinea (Stone pine, Umbrella pine)

Indigenous to the northern Mediterranean and grown in South Africa, mainly as a suburban tree. The cones produce large edible nuts, which in the Western Cape are referred to as dennepitjies or simply pitjies. Children collect them, crack them open and eat the soft white kernel. Pine nuts are also used in middle eastern cooking.

 

Pinus ponderosa (Ponderosa pine)

Indigenous to the USA and Canada.

 

Pinus pringlei (Pringle pine)

Indigenous to Mexico.

 

Pinus pseudostrobus (False weymouth pine)

Indigenous to Mexico.

 

Pinus pungens (Table Mountain pine)

Indigenous to the eastern USA.

 

Pinus radiata (Monterey pine, Radiata pine)

Indigenous to California, USA.  A declared Category 2 invader plant in South Africa.

 

Pinus rigida (Pitch pine)

Indigenous to the eastern USA.

 

Pinus roxburghii (Chir pine)

Indigenous to the Himalayas.  A declared Category 2 invader plant in South Africa.

 

Pinus sabiniana (Digger pine)

Indigenous to the western USA.

 

Pinus serotina (Pond pine)

Indigenous to the southeastern USA.

 

Pinus strobiformis (Pinabete)

Indigenous to Mexico and the USA.

 

Pinus strobus (Eastern white pine, Weymouth pine)

Indigenous to Canada and the USA. 

 

Pinus sylvestris (Scots pine)

Indigenous to Europe and western Siberia.

 

Pinus taeda (Loblolly pine)

Indigenous to the southeastern USA.  A declared Category 2 invader plant in South Africa.

 

Pinus taiwanensis (Formosa pine)

Indigenous to Taiwan.

 

Pinus tecunumanii (Pino, Ocoto)

Indigenous from Guatemala through to Honduras.

 

Pinus teocote (Aztec pine)

Indigenous to Mexico.

 

Pinus thunbergii (Japanese black pine, Kuro-matsu)

Indigenous to Japan and South Korea.

 

Pinus torreyana (Torrey pine)

Indigenous to California.

 

Pinus tropicalis

Indigenous to Cuba.

 

Pinus uncinata (Mountain pine, Spirke)

Indigenous to western Europe.

 

Pinus virginiana (Virginia pine)

Indigenous to the eastern USA.

 

Pinus wallichiana (Bhutan pine)

Indigenous to the Himalayas.

 

Publications

  • Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated Plants of Southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.

 

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