Taxon:  Pinus gerardiana Wall. ex D. Don



Summary
Genus:
Pinus
Subgenus:
Strobus
Section:
Quinquefoliae
Subsection:
Gerardianae
Family:
Pinaceae
Nomen number:
28450
Place of publication:
A. B. Lambert, Descr. Pinus ed. 3, 2:144, t. 79.  1832 (N. Wallich, Numer. List 207, no. 6064.  1831-1832, nom. nud.)
Verified:
05/16/2008 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
12 (1  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  2. Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
  3. Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
  4. Farjon, A. 1984. Pines, drawings and descriptions of the genus Pinus 79.
  5. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  6. Krüssmann, G. 1985. Manual of cultivated conifers (English translation of Die Nadelgeholze, ed. 2. 1983)
  7. Little, E. L., Jr. 1949. Lambert's "A Description of the genus Pinus". Madroño 10:45.
  8. Mirov, N. T. 1967. The genus Pinus. 275, 278.
  9. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  10. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  11. Rosengarten, F. 1984. The book of edible nuts
  12. Silba, J. 1986. Encyclopaedia Coniferae. Phytologia Mem. 8:143. Note: = Pinus gerardiana Wall. ex D. Don
  13. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishchilghoza pine  1Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Englishchilgoza pine  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
EnglishGerard's pine  1Farjon, A. 1984. Pines, drawings and descriptions of the genus Pinus 79.
GermanGerards Kiefer  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXizang Zizhiqus.Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan n.e. 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaJammu and Kashmir  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan n. 
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan (n.e.)
  • CHINA: China [Xizang Zizhiqu (s.)]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Jammu and Kashmir], Pakistan (n.)

Reference(s)
  1. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodseeds Rosengarten, F. 1984. The book of edible nuts
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=28450. Accessed 15 April 2026.