Pinus pinaster Aiton

English: Maritime Pine

German: See-Kiefer, Strandkiefer

Mandarin: 海岸松 (hai an song)

Portuguese: Pinheiro-bravo

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Pinophyta (22)

    Class: Pinopsida (36)

      Order: Pinales (35)

        Family: Pinaceae (18)

          Genus: Pinus (10)

            Epithet: pinaster Aiton (1)

Synonym: Pinus syrtica Thore

pinaster => species epithet derived from lat. pinaster for pine

syrtica => belonging to or growing on sandbanks

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

Flower colour: brown, orange

Check for Pinus pinaster at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [822] Pinus pinaster - Plants For A Future database
• [1785] Pinus pinaster - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)

• [21] Schütt,P. et al. (2004): Lexikon der Nadelbäume. Nikol, Hamburg, Germany.