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Abies

The genus Abies is in the family Pinaceae in the major group Gymnosperms (Conifers, cycads and allies).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Abies

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Abies alba Mill. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Abies amabilis (Douglas ex Loudon) J.Forbes Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Abies balsamea (L.) Mill. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Abies beshanzuensis M.H.Wu Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Abies × borisii-regis Mattf. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Abies bracteata (D.Don) Poit. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Abies cephalonica Loudon Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Abies chensiensis Tiegh. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 2
Abies cilicica (Antoine & Kotschy) Carrière Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Abies concolor (Gordon) Lindl. ex Hildebr. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Abies delavayi Franch. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 3
Abies densa Griff. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Abies durangensis Martínez Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Abies fabri (Mast.) Craib Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Abies fanjingshanensis W.L.Huang, Y.L.Tu & S.Z.Fang Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Abies fargesii Franch. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 2
Abies firma Siebold & Zucc. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Abies forrestii Coltm.-Rog. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 3
Abies fraseri (Pursh) Poir. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Abies grandis (Douglas ex D.Don) Lindl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Abies guatemalensis Rehder Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Abies hickelii Flous & Gaussen Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Abies hidalgensis Debreczy, I.Rácz & Guízar Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Abies holophylla Maxim. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Abies homolepis Siebold & Zucc. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Abies × insignis Carrière ex Bailly Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Abies kawakamii (Hayata) Ito Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Abies koreana E.H.Wilson Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Abies magnifica A.Murray bis Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Abies mariesii Mast. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Abies nebrodensis (Lojac.) Mattei Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Abies nephrolepis (Trautv. ex Maxim.) Maxim. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Abies nordmanniana (Steven) Spach Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Abies numidica de Lannoy ex Carrière Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Abies pendula (Aiton) Lindl. & Gordon Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Abies pindrow (Royle ex D.Don) Royle Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Abies pinsapo Boiss. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Abies procera Rehder Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Abies recurvata Mast. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Abies religiosa (Kunth) Schltdl. & Cham. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Abies sachalinensis (F.Schmidt) Mast. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 3
Abies × shastensis Lemmon Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Abies shensiensis Tiegh. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Abies shensiensis Diels Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Abies sibirica Ledeb. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Abies × speciosa Voss Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Abies spectabilis (D.Don) Mirb. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Abies squamata Mast. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Abies sumatrana Desf. Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Abies theisha David Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Abies × vasconcellosiana Franco Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Abies veitchii Lindl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Abies vejarii Martínez Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Abies × vilmorinii Mast. Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Abies yuanbaoshanensis Y.J.Lu & L.K.Fu Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Abies ziyuanensis L.K.Fu & S.L.Mo Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 307 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Abies. Of these 48 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 372 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Abies. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 307 species names for the genus Abies recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 48 15.6%
Synonym 250 81.4%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 9 2.9%

All names

The status of the 679 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Abies recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 78 11.5%
Synonym 592 87.2%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 9 1.3%

Of the species names,

A further 1 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 307 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Abies, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 47 242 0 0 289 94.1%
Medium confidence 1 5 0 0 6 2.0%
Low confidence 0 3 0 9 12 3.9%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Abies is as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 1 5 0 4 0 10 3.3%
WCSP 47 245 0 5 1 297 96.7%