Taxon: Pinus cembroides Zucc.

Summary

Genus:

Pinus

Subgenus:

Strobus

Section:

Parrya

Subsection:

Cembroides

Family:

Pinaceae

Nomen number:

28430

Place of publication:

Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 1:392. 1832

Verified:

05/12/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

3 (3 active, 1 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Autonym(s)
Pinus cembroides Zucc. subsp. cembroides
Pinus cembroides Zucc. var. cembroides

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
Bailey, D. K. 1983. A new allopatric segregate from and a new combination in Pinus cembroides Zucc. at its southern limits. Phytologia 54:89-100.
Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Farjon, A. & B. T. Styles. 1997. Pinus (Pinaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 75:59, 231-241.
Farjon, A. 1984. Pines, drawings and descriptions of the genus Pinus
Farjon, A. 1996. pers. comm.
Flores-Rentería, L. et al. 2013. Genetic, morphological, geographical and ecological approaches reveal phylogenetic relationships in complex groups, an example of recently diverged pinyon pine species (subsection Cembroides). Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 69:940-949.
FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
International Seed Testing Association. 1971. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees.
Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
Krüssmann, G. 1985. Manual of cultivated conifers (English translation of Die Nadelgeholze, ed. 2. 1983)
Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
Perry, J. P., Jr. 1991. The pines of Mexico and Central America
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Silba, J. 1986. Encyclopaedia Coniferae. Phytologia Mem. 8:135.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	Mexican nut pine	1	Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
English	Mexican pinyon	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	Mexican stone pine	1	Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
English	pinyon pine	1	Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
German	mexikanische Nußkiefer	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Italian	pino cembroide	2	International Seed Testing Association. 1971. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees.
Spanish	pino piñonero	2	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Spanish	piñón	2	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Baja California Sur	s.	Farjon, A. & B. T. Styles. 1997. Pinus (Pinaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 75:59, 231-241.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Chihuahua		Farjon, A. & B. T. Styles. 1997. Pinus (Pinaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 75:59, 231-241.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Coahuila de Zaragoza	s.	Farjon, A. & B. T. Styles. 1997. Pinus (Pinaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 75:59, 231-241.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Durango		Farjon, A. & B. T. Styles. 1997. Pinus (Pinaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 75:59, 231-241.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Nuevo León		Farjon, A. & B. T. Styles. 1997. Pinus (Pinaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 75:59, 231-241.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	San Luis Potosí		Farjon, A. & B. T. Styles. 1997. Pinus (Pinaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 75:59, 231-241.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sonora	n.e.	Farjon, A. & B. T. Styles. 1997. Pinus (Pinaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 75:59, 231-241.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Tamaulipas	s.w.	Farjon, A. & B. T. Styles. 1997. Pinus (Pinaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 75:59, 231-241.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Zacatecas		Farjon, A. & B. T. Styles. 1997. Pinus (Pinaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 75:59, 231-241.
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Aguascalientes		Farjon, A. & B. T. Styles. 1997. Pinus (Pinaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 75:59, 231-241.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Ciudad de México		Farjon, A. & B. T. Styles. 1997. Pinus (Pinaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 75:59, 231-241.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guanajuato		Farjon, A. & B. T. Styles. 1997. Pinus (Pinaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 75:59, 231-241.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Hidalgo		Farjon, A. & B. T. Styles. 1997. Pinus (Pinaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 75:59, 231-241.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco	n.e.	Farjon, A. & B. T. Styles. 1997. Pinus (Pinaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 75:59, 231-241.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	México		Farjon, A. & B. T. Styles. 1997. Pinus (Pinaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 75:59, 231-241.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Puebla		Farjon, A. & B. T. Styles. 1997. Pinus (Pinaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 75:59, 231-241.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Querétaro		Farjon, A. & B. T. Styles. 1997. Pinus (Pinaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 75:59, 231-241.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Tlaxcala	e.	Farjon, A. & B. T. Styles. 1997. Pinus (Pinaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 75:59, 231-241.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave	w.-c.	Farjon, A. & B. T. Styles. 1997. Pinus (Pinaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 75:59, 231-241.

Native
Northern America

SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Baja California Sur (s.), Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza (s.), Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sonora (n.e.), Tamaulipas (s.w.), Zacatecas]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Aguascalientes, Ciudad de México, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco (n.e.), México, Puebla, Querétaro, Tlaxcala (e.), Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (w.-c.)]

Reference(s)

Farjon, A. & B. T. Styles. 1997. Pinus (Pinaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 75:59, 231-241.
FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	erosion control		Farjon, A. & B. T. Styles. 1997. Pinus (Pinaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 75:59, 231-241.
Environmental	revegetator		Farjon, A. & B. T. Styles. 1997. Pinus (Pinaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 75:59, 231-241.
Fuels	fuelwood		Farjon, A. & B. T. Styles. 1997. Pinus (Pinaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 75:59, 231-241.
Fuels	fuelwood		Farjon, A. 1996. pers. comm.
Human food	seeds		Perry, J. P., Jr. 1991. The pines of Mexico and Central America
Human food	seeds	locally consumed	Farjon, A. & B. T. Styles. 1997. Pinus (Pinaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 75:59, 231-241.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=28430. Accessed 12 May 2026.