| Pinus pseudostrobus | |
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| var. apulcensis in cultivation | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Pinales |
| Family: | Pinaceae |
| Genus: | Pinus |
| Subgenus: | P. subg. Pinus |
| Section: | P. sect. Trifoliae |
| Subsection: | P. subsect. Ponderosae |
| Species: | P. pseudostrobus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pinus pseudostrobus | |
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| Natural range of Pinus pseudostrobus. Pinus pseudostrobus is also found in El Salvador.[2] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pinus astecaensis Roezl ex Gordon[4] Pinus coatepecensis (Martínez)Gaussen[3] Pinus estevezii (Martínez) J.P.Perry[3] Pinus nubicola J.P.Perry[3] Pinus oaxana Mirov[4] Pinus yecorensis Debreczy & I.Ràcz | |
Pinus pseudostrobus, known in English as the smooth-bark Mexican pine and in Spanish as chamite or pacingo, is a tree found in forests of Mexico and Central America.[1][2][6] [citation needed] It is 8 to 25 m tall with a dense and round top.[citation needed]It is threatened by logging and wood harvesting.[1] The bark is brown and fissured and smooth when young. [citation needed] It is subject to ex situ conservation.[1] It grows at altitudes between 850 and 3250 m. from 26° to 15° north latitude, from Sinaloa, Mexico to Nicaragua and Honduras. It occurs within a rainfall regime that rains mostly in summer.[citation needed]
In some forested areas like southern Nuevo León Pinus pseudostrobus is the tree with largest volume per hectare.[7]
English botanist John Lindley described the species in 1839. It is divided into Pinus pseudostrobus var.apulcensis (Lindl.)Shaw (Apulco pine), Pinus pseudostrobus f.protuberans Martínez and Pinus pseudostrobus var.pseudostrobus.[2][6]
It has been introduced in New Zealand near sea level and has done well.[citation needed]
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