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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
Abies alba Mill. Accepted H WCSP
Abies amabilis (Douglas) Douglas ex J.Forbes Accepted H WCSP
Abies balsamea (L.) Mill. Accepted H WCSP
Abies beshanzuensis M.H.Wu Accepted H WCSP
Abies borisii-regis Mattf. Accepted H WCSP
Abies bracteata (D.Don) Poit. Accepted H WCSP
Abies cephalonica Loudon Accepted H WCSP
Abies chensiensis Tiegh. Accepted H WCSP
Abies cilicica (Antoine & Kotschy) Carrière Accepted H WCSP
Abies concolor (Gordon) Lindl. ex Hildebr. Accepted H WCSP
Abies delavayi Franch. Accepted H WCSP
Abies densa Griff. Accepted H WCSP
Abies durangensis Martínez Accepted H WCSP
Abies fabri (Mast.) Craib Accepted H WCSP
Abies fanjingshanensis W.L.Huang, Y.L.Tu & S.Z.Fang Accepted H WCSP
Abies fansipanensis Q.P.Xiang, L.K.Fu & Nan Li Accepted H WCSP
Abies fargesii Franch. Accepted H WCSP
Abies firma Siebold & Zucc. Accepted H WCSP
Abies fordei Rushforth Accepted H WCSP
Abies forrestii Coltm.-Rog. Accepted H WCSP
Abies fraseri (Pursh) Poir. Accepted H WCSP
Abies grandis (Douglas ex D.Don) Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Abies guatemalensis Rehder Accepted H WCSP
Abies hickelii Flous & Gaussen Accepted H WCSP
Abies hidalgensis Debreczy, I.Rácz & Guízar Accepted H WCSP
Abies holophylla Maxim. Accepted H WCSP
Abies homolepis Siebold & Zucc. Accepted H WCSP
Abies kawakamii (Hayata) Ito Accepted H WCSP
Abies koreana E.H.Wilson Accepted H WCSP
Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt. Accepted H WCSP
Abies magnifica A.Murray bis Accepted H WCSP
Abies mariesii Mast. Accepted H WCSP
Abies nebrodensis (Lojac.) Mattei Accepted H WCSP
Abies nephrolepis (Trautv. ex Maxim.) Maxim. Accepted H WCSP
Abies nordmanniana (Steven) Spach Accepted H WCSP
Abies numidica de Lannoy ex Carrière Accepted H WCSP
Abies × olcayana Ata & Merev Accepted H WCSP
Abies pendula (Aiton) Lindl. & Gordon Accepted M TRO
Abies pindrow (Royle ex D.Don) Royle Accepted H WCSP
Abies pinsapo Boiss. Accepted H WCSP
Abies procera Rehder Accepted H WCSP
Abies recurvata Mast. Accepted H WCSP
Abies religiosa (Kunth) Schltdl. & Cham. Accepted H WCSP
Abies sachalinensis (F.Schmidt) Mast. Accepted H WCSP
Abies sibirica Ledeb. Accepted H WCSP
Abies × sibiriconephrolepis Taken. & J.J.Chien Accepted H WCSP
Abies spectabilis (D.Don) Mirb. Accepted H WCSP
Abies squamata Mast. Accepted H WCSP
Abies veitchii Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Abies vejarii Martínez Accepted H WCSP
Abies yuanbaoshanensis Y.J.Lu & L.K.Fu Accepted H WCSP
Abies ziyuanensis L.K.Fu & S.L.Mo Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 323 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Abies. Of these 52 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 289 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 323 species names for the genus Abies recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 52 16.1%
Synonym 262 81.1%
Unplaced 4 1.2%
Unassessed 5 1.5%

All names

The status of the 612 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Abies recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 87 14.2%
Synonym 516 84.3%
Unplaced 4 0.7%
Unassessed 5 0.8%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 323 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Abies, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 51 251 0 0 302 93.5%
Medium confidence 1 10 0 0 11 3.4%
Low confidence 0 1 4 5 10 3.1%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Abies, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 1 10 0 3 0 14 4.3%
WCSP 51 252 4 2 0 309 95.7%