IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60454940-2

Species Name

Abies magnifica A.Murray bis, Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 3: 318 (1863).

Publication

Madrono; Journal of the California Botanical Society

Collation

57(2): 143 (141-144; figs. 1-2)

Date of Publication

30 Sep 2010

Family as entered in IPNI

Pinaceae

Type Information

Collector Team

L. T. Burcham 260

Locality

Mountain Home State Forest, SW 1/4 SE 1/4 Sec. 25, T19S R30E, MDB & M, in mixed conifer forest on well-drained south slope, alt. 6600 ft. (2012 m)

Collection Date

7 Oct 1947

Type Herbaria

holotype UC

Distribution Of Types

Tulare County (California, Southwestern U.S.A., Northern America)

Remarks

Eponymy: The variety is named in honor of William B. Critchfield (1923–1989), American forest geneticist, in recognition of his distinguished contributions to the genetics, systematics, biogeography, and evolution of western North American conifers ...