| Pinus luchuensis | |
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| A loneP. luchuensis, growing onChichi-jima Island | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Pinales |
| Family: | Pinaceae |
| Genus: | Pinus |
| Subgenus: | P. subg.Pinus |
| Section: | P.sect. Pinus |
| Subsection: | P.subsect. Pinus |
| Species: | P. luchuensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pinus luchuensis | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
Pinus luchuensis, commonly calledLuchu pine[2] orOkinawa pine,[2] is a species ofconifer in the familyPinaceaeendemic to, and locally abundant in theRyukyu Islands ofJapan.[1][2] It was once threatened byhabitat loss in the wild, where it can be found growing in small stands near windy ocean shores.[1] Having beenharvested widely since theSecond World War, the remaining stands are no longer commercially viable,[1] except when cultivated for ornamental use.[2]
