Picea farreri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Gymnospermae |
Division: | Pinophyta |
Class: | Pinopsida |
Order: | Pinales |
Family: | Pinaceae |
Genus: | Picea |
Species: | P. farreri
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Binomial name | |
Picea farreri C.N. Page & Rushforth
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Picea farreri is a species of conifer in the pine family, Pinaceae. It is known by the common name Farrer's spruce. [1] [2] It is native to China, where it is known only from Yunnan, and to Myanmar. [1]
This tree can reach 35 meters tall. [2] It grows on limestone soils in cool, wet mountainous habitat. [1]
Picea farreri is named after the plant collector Reginald Farrer who travelled extensively in China and what was then Burma.