Taxon:  Pinus gerardiana Wall. ex D. Don



Summary
Genus:
Pinus
Subgenus:
Strobus
Section:
Quinquefoliae
Subsection:
Gerardianae
Family:
Pinaceae
Nomen number:
28450
Place of publication:
A. B. Lambert, Descr. Pinus ed. 3, 2:144, t. 79.  1832 (N. Wallich, Numer. List 207, no. 6064.  1831-1832, nom. nud.)
Verified:
05/16/2008 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Nordic Baltic Genebanks. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
  2. Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
  3. Farjon, A. 1984. Pines, drawings and descriptions of the genus Pinus 79.
  4. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  5. Krüssmann, G. 1985. Manual of cultivated conifers (English translation of Die Nadelgeholze, ed. 2. 1983)
  6. Little, E. L., Jr. 1949. Lambert's "A Description of the genus Pinus". Madroño 10:45.
  7. Mirov, N. T. 1967. The genus Pinus. 275, 278.
  8. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  9. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  10. Rosengarten, F. 1984. The book of edible nuts
  11. Silba, J. 1986. Encyclopaedia Coniferae. Phytologia Mem. 8:143. Note: = Pinus gerardiana Wall. ex D. Don
  12. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English chilghoza pine 1 Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
English chilgoza pine 1 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English Gerard's pine 1 Farjon, A. 1984. Pines, drawings and descriptions of the genus Pinus 79.
German Gerards Kiefer 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXizang Zizhiqus.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan n.e.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaJammu and Kashmir 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan n.
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan (n.e.)
  • CHINA: China [Xizang Zizhiqu (s.)]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Jammu and Kashmir], Pakistan (n.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodseeds Rosengarten, F. 1984. The book of edible nuts
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://nordic-baltic-genebanks.org/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=28450. Accessed 25 May 2026.