Pinus occidentalis

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Pinus occidentalis

Pinus occidentalis in Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Gymnospermae
Division:	Pinophyta
Class:	Pinopsida
Order:	Pinales
Family:	Pinaceae
Genus:	Pinus
Subgenus:	P. subg. Pinus
Section:	P. sect. Trifoliae
Subsection:	P. subsect. Australes
Species:	P. occidentalis
Binomial name
*Pinus occidentalis* Sw.

Pinus occidentalis, also known as the Hispaniolan pine,^[1] Hispaniola pine^[2] or pino criollo,^[3] is a pine tree endemic to the island of Hispaniola^[4] (split between the Dominican Republic and Haiti).

Ecology

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It is the eponymous species of the Hispaniolan pine forests ecosystem, in which it constitutes a majority of the biomass present.^[5] Another endemic species, the Hispaniolan crossbill (Loxia megaplaga), feeds almost exclusively on the cones of P. occidentalis.^[6]^{[page needed]}

References

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^ ^a ^b Farjon, A. (2013). "Pinus occidentalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T34192A2850209. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T34192A2850209.en. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
^ "Pinus occidentalis / Hispaniola pine | Conifer Species". American Conifer Society. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
^ Earle, Christopher J., ed. (31 October 2023). "Pinus occidentalis (Pino criollo) description". The Gymnosperm Database. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
^ Darrow, W. Kevin; Zanoni, T. (1990). "Hispaniolan pine (Pinus occidentalis Swartz): A little known sub-tropical pine of economic potential". The Commonwealth Forestry Review. 69 (2 (219)): 133–146. ISSN 0010-3381. JSTOR 43737717.
^ D'Ambrosio, Ugo. "The island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean". Ecoregions, WWF. World Wildlife Foundation. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
^ de Dod, Annabelle Stockton (1978). Aves de la República Dominicana (in Spanish). Illustrations by Jose Osorio, maps by Laura Rathe de Cambiaso (First ed.). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Museo Nacional de Historia Natural. OCLC 4296964.

Taxon identifiers
Pinus occidentalis	Wikidata: Q3388586 Wikispecies: Pinus occidentalis ARKive: pinus-occidentalis CoL: 4J2DL Ecocrop: 8645 EoL: 323438 EPPO: PIUOC GBIF: 5285286 GRIN: 28511 iNaturalist: 135756 IPNI: 314862-2 IUCN: 34192 NCBI: 268872 Open Tree of Life: 635127 Plant List: kew-2562379 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:314862-2 Tropicos: 24900839 WFO: wfo-0000481724

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