SPECIES: Pinus monophylla
AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION:
Zouhar, Kristin L. 2001. Pinus monophylla.
In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online].
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service,
Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer).
Available: http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/ [].
SYNONYMS:
Pinus monophylla Torr. and Frem. var. fallax (Little) Silba
Pinus monophylla Torr. and Frem. var. monophylla [104]
NRCS PLANT CODE [217]:
PIMO
COMMON NAMES:
singleleaf pinyon
nut pine
piñon
TAXONOMY:
The currently accepted scientific name of singleleaf pinyon is Pinus monophylla
Torr. & Frem. (Pinaceae) [92,103,142,232]. It is a member of the
subgenus Strobus, section Parrya, subsection Cembroides
of Pinus [120].
Singleleaf pinyon hybridizes with Colorado pinyon (P. edulis), Parry pinyon (P. quadrifolia), and Sierra Juárez piņon (P. juarezensis) [15,73,118,119,121,246,247].
LIFE FORM:
Tree
FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS:
No special status
OTHER STATUS:
No entry