Abies chengii Rushforth (1983:333)
Cheng fir
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Abies forrestii var. chengii (Rushforth) Silba in Phytologia 68: 17 (1990); Abies forrestii subsp. chengii (Rushforth) Silba in J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 15: 40 (2008)
Generally considered a synonym of Abies forrestii forrestii (Zhang et al., 2013; Earle, 2023; POWO, 2023):
"Abies chengii was an interesting case, having been described solely on the basis of material collected in arboreta in England, Scotland and Ireland, derived from seed collected in Yunnan by George Forrest in 1931 (Farjon 1990), and Farjon (2010) concludes that "it is more probably another variety (or a mere form not deserving a botanical name) of A. forrestii." No comparable trees have since been reported in habitat."
(Earle, 2023)
Conservation Status
Invalid (synonym of Abies forrestii forrestii)
Last wild record: 1931 (Farjon, 1990)
IUCN status: Considered a synonym of Abies forrestii forrestii
Distribution
China
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Rushforth, K. D. (1983). Abies chengii, a previously overlooked Chinese silver fir. Notes of the Royal Botanical Garden, Edinburgh 41(2): 333-338.
Other references:
Earle, Christopher J. (2023). Abies forrestii. The Gymnosperm Database (online). Available at: https://www.conifers.org/ [Accessed 17 October 2023]
Farjon, Aljos. (1990). Pinaceae: drawings and descriptions of the genera Abies, Cedrus, Pseudolarix, Keteleeria, Nothotsuga, Tsuga, Cathaya, Pseudotsuga, Larix and Picea. Königstein: Koeltz Scientific Books.
Farjon, Aljos. (2010). A Handbook of the World's Conifers. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill Academic Publishers.
POWO. (2023). Abies chengii Rushforth. Plants of the World Online (online resource). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 14 October 2023]
Zhang, D, Katsuki, T. and Rushforth, K. (2013). Abies forrestii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T42283A2969622. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42283A2969622.en. Downloaded on 08 June 2017.