Krempf's Pine

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Krempf's Pine
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Pinus
Subgenus: Ducampopinus
Species: P. krempfii
Binomial name
Pinus krempfii
Lecomte

Krempf's Pine (Pinus krempfii) is a rare species of pine endemic to the central highlands of Vietnam in the Dalat-Nha Trang area. It is unusual in that it has flat needles. Because of this anomaly, it is put in its own subsection, the Krempfianae.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Farjon, A. (2005). Pines. Brill ISBN 90-04-13916-8.
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