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Eldarica Pine, Afghan Pine (Pinus eldarica Medw.)

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Trees III

Part of the book series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry ((AGRICULTURE,volume 16))

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Pinus eldarica Medw. (Fig. 1) is a fast-growing pine producing multiple products, one of the few pines adapted to grow in temperate semi-arid zones. It is known by the common names eldarica pine, Eldar pine, Quetta pine, and Afghanistan pine. Eldarica pine is the preferred name (Fisher et al. 1986). Taxonomically, it is closely related to P. halepensis Mill and P. brutia Ten. Some classifications refer to eldarica pine as a separate species (see Fisher et al. 1986) while others consider it to be a subspecies of P. brutia (Panetos 1981). This complex is often referred to as the Pinus halepensis/brutia group pines, classified taxonomically to the subgenus Pinus, section Pinus, subsection Sylvestres (Critchfield and Little 1966).

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Phillips, G.C., Gladfelter, H.J. (1991). Eldarica Pine, Afghan Pine (Pinus eldarica Medw.). In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) Trees III. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 16. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-13231-9_17

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