Tsuga ulleungensis
Tsuga ulleungensis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Gymnospermae |
Division: | Pinophyta |
Class: | Pinopsida |
Order: | Pinales |
Family: | Pinaceae |
Genus: | Tsuga |
Species: | T. ulleungensis |
Binomial name | |
Tsuga ulleungensis G.P.Holman, Del Tredici, Havill, N.S.Lee & C.S.Campb. |
Tsuga ulleungensis, also known as the Ulleungdo hemlock, is a conifer species discovered on Ulleungdo island, Korea, and formally classified in 2017.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ Popkin, Gabe (30 January 2018). "First New Species of Temperate Conifer Tree Discovered in More Than a Decade". National Geographic News. Archived from the original on January 31, 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ^ Holman, Garth; Del Tredici, Peter; Havill, Nathan; Lee, Nam Sook; Cronn, Richard; Cushman, Kevin; Mathews, Sarah; Raubeson, Linda; Campbell, Christopher S. (18 December 2017). "A New Species and Introgression in Eastern Asian Hemlocks (Pinaceae: Tsuga)" (PDF). Systematic Botany. 42 (4): 733–746. doi:10.1600/036364417X696474. S2CID 90432108. Retrieved 31 January 2018.