Abies religiosa

Tags: Conifer.

Abies religiosa sacred fir or in Nahuatl oyamel is a fir native to the mountains of central and southern Mexico (Eje Volcánico Transversal Sierra Madre del Sur) and western Guatemala. It grows at high altitudes of 2100–4100 metres (6900–13500 ft) in cloud forest with high rainfall and cool humid summers and dry winters in most of its habitat regime but in the state of Veracruz to the east it grows with precipitation all year long.

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binomial authority

Carl Sigismund Kunth

class

Pinophyta

conservation status

LR/lc

conservation status system

iucn2.3

division

Pinophyta

family

Pinaceae

genus

Fir

kingdom

Plant

order

Pinales

synonym

*Abies religiosa var. colimensis (Rushforth & Narave) Silba), *Abies colimensis (Rushforth & Narave F. H.), *Abies glauca (Roezl ex Gordon), *Abies glaucescens (Roezl), *Abies hirtella (Kunth) Lindl.), *Abies religiosa subsp. glaucescens (Roezl) Silba), *Abies religiosa subsp. perotensis (Silba) Silba), *Abies religiosa var. glaucescens (Carrière), *Abies religiosa var. hirtella (Kunth) Carrière), *Abies religiosa var. lindleyana (Carrière), *Abies religiosa var. perotensis (Silba), *Abies tlapalcatuda (Roezl), *Picea glaucescens (Roezl) Gordon), *Picea hirtella (Kunth) Loudon), *Picea religiosa (Kunth) Loudon), *Pinus hirtella (Kunth), *Pinus religiosa (Kunth), *Pinus religiosa var. minor (Parl.), *Abies religiosa subsp. colimensis (Rushforth & Narave) Silba )