Comparative images of the family except those of Pinus (which can be seen at this link) are given below:
Abies pindrow var. brevifolia Dallim. & A.B.Jacks. (W. Himalaya as per WCSP)
Abies gamblei syn. of Abies pindrow var. brevifolia Dallim. & A.B.Jacks.(left) and Abies pindrow (right) |
Abies gamblei syn. of Abies pindrow var. brevifolia Dallim. & A.B.Jacks.(left) and Abies georgie (right) |
Abies spectabilis (D.Don) Mirb. (Afghanistan: Hindu Kush; Pakistan: Karakoram Range; China: W Xizang [Tibet]; India: Kashmir Himalaya; Nepal as per Catalogue of Life) (Abies spectabilis, the 'high altitude Himalayan Fir', commonly known as 'Kala Tosh' or 'Kalonta', has shorter needles, arranged in whorls. It naturally occurs at higher elevations than A. pindrow and usually forms the tree line)
Abies sibirica (left) and Abies spectabilis (right) |
| 1 | Mature leaves borne on long shoots, solitary; short shoots absent. | | (2) | | + | Mature leaves borne on short or long shoots in whorls or fascicles. | | (3) | | | | | | | 2 (1) | Leaves linear flattened in cross section, not borne on peg like projections. Cones erect. Sporangia opening by transverse slits. | | Abies | | + | Leaves needle like, quadrangular in cross section, borne on peg like projections. Cones pendulous. Sporangia opening by longitudinal slits. | | Picea | | | | | | | 3 (1) | Leaves short, needle like, spiral on long shoots; fascicled on dwarf ones. Cones erect, only scales falling of at maturity. Male cones solitary on dwarf branches. | | Cedrus | | + | Leaves scale like on long shoots; short shoots with long acicular leaves. Male cones clustered at the base of young dwarf shoots. | | Pinus |
Species, genera & family pages of Pinaceae are now with comparative images. May I request you to pl. go through & point out mistakes, if any. I hope this will aid in identifications in future. If anybody can send images of other species of this family (for incorporation in the website), if any, or can identify unidentified/ wrongly identified images, it will be really nice.
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