# Pinus fenzeliana

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Species of conifer

Hainan white pine Conservation status Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1] Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Embryophytes Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Spermatophytes Clade: Gymnosperms Division: Pinophyta Class: Pinopsida Order: Pinales Family: Pinaceae Genus: Pinus Subgenus: P. subg. Strobus Section: P. sect. Quinquefoliae Subsection: P. subsect. Strobus Species: P. fenzeliana Binomial name Pinus fenzeliana Hand.-Mazz.

***Pinus fenzeliana*** commonly known as the **Hainan white pine** or **Fenzel's pine**, is a [tree](/source/Tree) [endemic](/source/Endemic_(ecology)) to the island of [Hainan](/source/Hainan) off southern [China](/source/China).[2] This [pine](/source/Pine) reaches heights of 20 m[3] with a trunk 1 m in diameter.

## Description

The [leaves](/source/Leaves) are needle-like, in [fascicles](/source/Fascicle_(botany)) of five, and 5–13 cm long. The [seed cones](/source/Seed_cone) are 6–11 cm long, with thick, woody scales; the seeds are large, about 8–15 mm long, with a vestigial 3 mm wing, similar to the related [Chinese white pine](/source/Chinese_white_pine) (*Pinus armandii*). Hainan white pine differs from that species in the shorter needles, smaller cones, and in being adapted to a [subtropical](/source/Subtropical) [rainforest](/source/Rainforest) habitat.

A pine from the [Dabie Mountains](/source/Dabie_Mountains) in [Anhui](/source/Anhui), eastern China, first described as a species *[Pinus dabeshanensis](/source/Pinus_dabeshanensis)*, is occasionally treated as a variety of this species, but more commonly as a variety of *P. armandii*, which it more closely resembles.

Reports of *Pinus fenzeliana* from [Vietnam](/source/Vietnam) have not been verified; trees in this area have proved to be either [Vietnamese white pine](/source/Vietnamese_white_pine) (*Pinus dalatensis*) or [Guangdong white pine](/source/Guangdong_white_pine) (*Pinus wangii*), which both differ markedly in cone and seed size and shape, though similar in foliage.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-iucn_status_19_November_2021_1-0)** Farjon, A. (2013). ["*Pinus fenzeliana*"](https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/34188/2849923). *[IUCN Red List of Threatened Species](/source/IUCN_Red_List)*. **2013** e.T34188A2849923. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T34188A2849923.en](https://doi.org/10.2305%2FIUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T34188A2849923.en). Retrieved 19 November 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Pinus fenzeliana"](http://www.eol.org/pages/991280). *The [Encyclopedia of Life](/source/Encyclopedia_of_Life)*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Hainan White Pine Description_DiscoverPlants"](https://web.archive.org/web/20161221002540/http://discoverplants.com/plant-types/trees/hainan-white-pine/). Archived from [the original](http://www.discoverplants.com/plant-types/trees/hainan-white-pine/) on 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2007-06-23.

## Further reading

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [***Pinus fenzeliana* (Hainan White Pine)**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pinus_fenzeliana).

- [*Pinus fenzeliana* cone photo](http://www.pinetum.org/cones/PNfenzeliana.jpg)

Taxon identifiers Pinus fenzeliana Wikidata: Q3239675 Wikispecies: Pinus fenzeliana CoL: 4J26V Conifers.org: Pinus_fenzeliana EoL: 991280 EPPO: PIUFE FNA: 200005334 FoC: 200005334 GBIF: 5284993 iNaturalist: 135812 IPNI: 677033-1 IUCN: 34188 MoBotPF: 285050 NCBI: 252739 Observation.org: 497400 Open Tree of Life: 518554 Plant List: kew-2562064 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:677033-1 Tropicos: 24900962 WFO: wfo-0000481430

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