Pinus

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Contains 7 accepted taxa overall.

Family:	PINACEAE
Genus:	Pinus L.
Common Name:	PINE
Genus Notes:	Pines are immensely important for innumerable species of wildlife, and in many habitats pines are the dominant tree, especially in pyrogenic communities. Human uses include its pine bark (Duryea 2000), pine straw (Duryea 2000; Minogue et al. 2007), oleoresin (naval stores; Grissino-Mayer et al. 2001), and timber (Hall & Maxwell 1911). Oleoresin is rich in terpenes and can be separated into turpentine (volatile) and rosin. Oleoresin was historically tapped from living trees, but often now turpentine, rosins, and other products are refined from the processing of pulp or stumps (Gamble 1921; Howard & Westby 2013; Susaeta et al. 2014). The applications of pine terpenes are very diverse (Zinkel 1981; Rodrigues-Corrêa et al. 2012).
Specimen:	View USF Herbarium specimens of this genus

Classification

Division
Class
Sub Class
Order	PINALES
Family	PINACEAE
Genus	*Pinus*

Citation

Citation	PINUS Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1000. 1753.
Basionym:	**
Type:	TYPE: Pinus sylvestris Linnaeus Lectotypified by Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 1: 56. 1913.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Species

Scientific Name	Common Name	Herbarium Specimens	Photos
Pinus clausa	SAND PINE
Pinus echinata	SHORTLEAF PINE; YELLOW PINE
Pinus elliottii	SLASH PINE
Pinus glabra	SPRUCE PINE
Pinus palustris	LONGLEAF PINE
Pinus serotina	POND PINE
Pinus taeda	LOBLOLLY PINE

Identification Key

Genus Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation	Basionym	Type
Apinus	Apinus Necker ex Rydberg, Bull. Torrey Not. Club 32: 597. 1905.		TYPE: Pinus cembra Linnaeus Lectotypified by Florin, Taxon 5: 189. 1956.
Caryopitys	Caryopitys Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 29. 1903.		TYPE: Caryopitys edulis (Engelmann) Small (Pinus edulis Engelmann)
Leucopitys	Leucopitys Nieuwland, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 69. 1913.		TYPE: = Strobus (Sweet ex Spach) Opiz 1854.
Strobus	Strobus (Sweet ex Spach) Opiz, Lotos 4: 94. 1854.	BASIONYM: Pinus Linnaeus, sect. Strobus Sweet ex Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. 11: 394. 1841.	TYPE: Strobus weymouthiana Opiz (Pinus strobus Linnaeus)

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Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2024. Atlas of Florida Plants (http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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