Morinda spruce | |
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Morinda spruce at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Gymnospermae |
Division: | Pinophyta |
Class: | Pinopsida |
Order: | Pinales |
Family: | Pinaceae |
Genus: | Picea |
Species: | P. smithiana
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Binomial name | |
Picea smithiana | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Abies khutrow (Royle ex Turra) Loudon |
Picea smithiana is a species of evergreen tree in the family Pinaceae family.[2] It is referred to by the common names morinda spruce[3][4][5] and West Himalayan spruce, and is a spruce native to the western Himalaya and adjacent mountains, from northeast Afghanistan, northern Pakistan, India to central Nepal. It grows at altitudes of 2,400-3,600 m in forests together with deodar cedar, blue pine and pindrow fir.