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OverviewAI-generated
Pinus peuce, commonly known as the Macedonian pine, is a species of tree in the family Pinaceae. It belongs to the class Pinopsida, order Pinales, and phylum Tracheophyta within the kingdom Plantae. The species is endemic to the Balkans, with its native range including Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, and the northwest Balkan Peninsula. It was discovered in Pelister.
The IUCN Red List rates Pinus peuce as Near Threatened, a status assigned in 2017. While native to the Balkans, the species has been introduced to Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Norway, and Sweden. Other common names for this taxon include Pinwydden Macedonia, Rumelische Kiefer, and Rumeelia mänd.
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Species
Near ThreatenedMacedonian pine
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassPinopsida
- OrderPinales
- FamilyPinaceae
General: Pinus peuce is rated as Near Threatened (NT) according
via GBIF · IUCN · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 160
- With media
- 89
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Collections
- MOR, CM, US, DBG, NY, PAC
- Recorded in
- United States, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, North Macedonia
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Encyclopedic overview
Pinus peuce (Macedonian pine or Balkan pine) (Serbo-Croatian and Macedonian: молика, molika; Bulgarian: бяла мура, byala mura) is a species of pine native to the mountains of North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania, Montenegro, Kosovo, the extreme southwest of Serbia, and the extreme northwest of Greece, growing typically at (600-) 1,000-2,200 (-2,300) m altitude. It often reaches the alpine tree line in this area. The species was first described in scientific literature by August Grisebach in 1844, based on field observations of montane pines on Baba Mountain, above Bitola.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pinus peuce” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.