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Pinus contorta var. murrayana
Pinus monophylla
Pinus radiata
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Conifers of Mexico
Comments
I made up this list in preparation for a field trip to visit gymnosperms in Mexico. A review of the taxonomy, ecology and uses of the conifers of Mexico is provided by the FAO.
Species List
Species |
Distribution in Mexico |
Abies concolor |
Baja California, Sonora |
Abies durangensis |
Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Jalisco, Sinaloa |
Abies guatemalensis |
Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Tamaulipas |
Abies hickeli |
Chiapas, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Veracruz |
Abies religiosa |
Chihuahua, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, others? |
Abies vejarii |
Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas |
Calocedrus decurrens |
Baja California |
Cupressus forbesii |
Baja California |
Cupressus guadalupensis |
Baja California |
Cupressus montana |
Baja California |
Cupressus stephensonii |
Baja California? (1 record at XAL) |
Cupressus lusitanica var. benthamii |
Chiapas?, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero?, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México?, Michoacán, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala?, Veracruz, Yucatan? |
Cupressus lusitanica var. lusitanica |
Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Coahuila, Chihuahua, Colima?, Distrito Federal, Durango, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit?, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora?, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala?, Veracruz, Yucatan?, Zacatecas? |
Juniperus angosturana |
Coahuila, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas |
Juniperus ashei |
Coahuila, ?? |
Juniperus blancoi |
Chihuaua, Durango, Sonora |
Juniperus californica |
Baja California |
Juniperus coahuilensis |
Coahuila |
Juniperus comitana |
Chiapas, Hidalgo |
Juniperus deppeana |
Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán, Nuevo León, Puebla, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Zacatecas |
Juniperus durangensis |
Durango, ? |
Juniperus flaccida |
Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Distrito Federal, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán, Morelos, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, and Zacatecas |
Juniperus jaliscana |
Durango, Jalisco |
Juniperus monosperma |
?? |
Juniperus monticola |
Coahuila, Distrito Federal, Jalisco, México, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, and Veracruz |
Juniperus pinchotii |
?? |
Juniperus saltillensis |
?? |
Juniperus scopulorum |
Sonora, ?? |
Juniperus standleyi |
?? |
Picea chihuahuana |
Chihuahua, Durango |
Picea engelmannii ssp. mexicana |
Chihuahua, Nuevo León |
Picea martinezii |
Nuevo León |
Pinus arizonica |
Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas |
Pinus ayacahuite |
Baja California |
Pinus caribaea |
Quintana Roo |
Pinus cembroides (ssp. cembroides, var. cembroides) |
?? |
Pinus cembroides ssp. lagunae |
Baja California Sur |
Pinus chiapensis |
Chiapas, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz |
Pinus contorta ssp. murrayana |
Baja California |
Pinus coulteri |
Baja California |
Pinus culminicola |
Coahuila, Nuevo León |
Pinus devoniana |
Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Distrito Federal, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Zacatecas |
Pinus discolor |
Chihuahua, Durango, Sonora |
Pinus douglasiana |
Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, México, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Sinaloa |
Pinus durangensis |
Chihuahua, Durango, Jalisco, Michoacán, Sonora, Zacatecas |
Pinus edulis |
Chihuahua |
Pinus engelmannii |
Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa, Sonora, Zacatecas |
Pinus flexilis |
Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León |
Pinus greggii var. greggii |
Coahuila, Nuevo León |
Pinus greggii var. australis |
Hidalgo, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis, Potosí, Veracruz |
Pinus hartwegii |
Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Distrito Federal, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán, Morelos, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, and Veracruz |
Pinus herrerae |
Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Oaxaca, Sinaloa |
Pinus jaliscana |
Jalisco |
Pinus jeffreyi |
Baja California |
Pinus johannis |
Coahuila, Nueva León, Zacatecas |
Pinus juarezensis |
Baja California |
Pinus lambertiana |
Baja California |
Pinus lawsonii |
Guerrero, Jalisco, México, Michoacán, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla |
Pinus leiophylla |
Chihuahua, Distrito Federal, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Puebla, Oaxaca, Sonora, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Zacatecas. |
Pinus lumholtzii |
Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Durango, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Nayarit, Sinaloa, Sonora, Zacatecas |
Pinus maximartinezii |
Zacatecas |
Pinus maximinoi |
Chiapas, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Sinaloa, Tlaxcala, Veracruz |
Pinus monophylla |
Baja California |
Pinus montezumae |
Chiapas, Coahuila, Distrito Federal, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacán, Morelos, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz. |
Pinus muricata |
Baja California |
Pinus nelsonii |
Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamalipas |
Pinus oocarpa |
Chiapas, Chihuahua, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, México, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Puebla, Oaxaca, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Zacatecas |
Pinus orizabensis |
Puebla, Tlaxcala, Veracruz |
Pinus patula |
Chiapas, Distrito Federal, Guerrero, Hidalgo, México, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz. |
Pinus pinceana |
Coahuila, Hidalgo, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Zacatecas |
Pinus praetermissa |
Jalisco, Nayarit, Sinaloa |
Pinus pringlei |
Guerrero, México, Michoacán, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla. |
Pinus pseudostrobus (not var. apulcensis) |
Chiapas, Distrito Federal, Durango, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán, Morelos, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz |
Pinus pseudostrobus var. apulcensis (= P. oaxacana) |
Chiapas, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Puebla, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, México, Oaxaca, Veracruz |
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Pinus quadrifolia |
Baja California |
Pinus radiata var. binata |
Baja California |
Pinus remota |
Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León |
Pinus rzedowskii |
Michoacán |
Pinus strobiformis |
Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, Sinaloa, Sonora. |
Pinus tecunumanii |
Chiapas, Guerrero, Oaxaca. |
Pinus teocote |
Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Distrito Federal, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Zacatecas |
Podocarpus matudae |
Chiapas, Jalisco, Puebla, Tamaulipas, Veracruz |
Pseudotsuga lindleyana |
Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Sonora, Zacatecas, ? |
Taxodium mucronatum |
Chiapas,Coahuila, Distrito Federal, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Zacatecas |
Taxus globosa |
Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz |
Citations
See Also
Mejorado, Norberto Sanchez and Louis Huguet. 1959. Conifers of Mexico. Unasylva 13(1). Available at http://www.fao.org/docrep/x5390e/x5390e04.htm, accessed 2007.08.31.

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