Caribbean Pine
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 Pinus caribaea plantation at Amarkantak, India
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| Pinus (Pinus) caribaea Morelet |
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Pinus hondurensis Sénéclauze (but see text) |
The Caribbean Pine (Pinus caribaea) is a hard pine native to Central America, Cuba and the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands.
The species has three distinct varieties, one very distinct and treated as a separate species by some authors:
- Pinus caribaea var. caribaea – Endemic to western Cuba (Pinar del Rio Province and the Isle of Youth)
- Pinus caribaea var. bahamensis (Grisebach) W.H.Barrett & Golfari – Bahamas Pine. Endemic to the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands.
- Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis (Sénéclauze) W.H.Barrett & Golfari – Nicaragua Pine. Native to Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Quintana Roo state of Mexico.
While the species as a whole is not threatened, the typical variety of Cuba has been markedly declines due to deforestation and is now considered a Vulnerable species by the IUCN.
[edit] References
- Conifer Specialist Group (1998). Pinus caribaea. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 19 February 2008.
- Conifer Specialist Group (1998). Pinus caribaea var. caribaea. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 19 February 2008.
