Pinus thunbergii

Black pine
Pruned black pines in Japanese National Garden, Tokyo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Pinus
Subgenus: P. subg. Pinus
Section: P. sect. Pinus
Subsection: P. subsect. Pinus
Species:
P. thunbergii
Binomial name
Pinus thunbergii
Synonyms

Pinus thunbergiana

Pinus thunbergii (syn: Pinus thunbergiana), the black pine,[2] Japanese black pine,[3] or Japanese pine,[4] is a pine tree native to coastal areas of Japan (Kyūshū, Shikoku and Honshū) and South Korea.[5]

It is called gomsol (곰솔) in Korean, hēisōng (黑松) in Chinese, and kuromatsu (黒松) in Japanese.

  1. ^ Farjon, A. (2013). "Pinus thunbergii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T42423A2979140. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42423A2979140.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 575. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.
  3. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Pinus thunbergii". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Pinus thunbergii (クロマツ, Japanese black pine) description". www.conifers.org. Archived from the original on 2019-04-13. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
  5. ^ Flora of China.

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