Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador
Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador
Pinaceae/Pinacées - Pine Family
Picea glauca (Moench) Voss
En: white spruce, cat spruce, Labrador spruce, skunk spruce, single spruce
Fr: épinette blanche, épinette glauque, épicéa blanc, sapin blanc
IA: minaiku, minaiku-uskhuetui (cone)
IU: napâttutuinnak,kimminguak (cones)
Provincial Status: LN
Range: Boreal NA; thr. Nfld. & Lab.

[=Pinus glauca Moench (basionym)]
[=Abies alba (Castigl.) Michx. 1803, nom. illeg. hom., non Mill. 1768]
[=Abies alba (Castigl.) Michx. var. caerulea J.Nelson]
[=Abies alba (Castigl.) Michx. var. nana Dicks. ex Loudon 1838, nom. illeg. isonym., non Jacques 1836]
[=Abies alba (Castigl.) Michx. var. nana Jacques]
[=Abies alba (Castigl.) Michx. var. glauca (Moench) Jess.]
[=Abies alba (Castigl.) Michx. var. virescens (R.Hinterh. & J.Hinterh.) Nyman]
[=Abies arctica A.Murray bis 1867, nom. inval., pro syn.]
[=Abies canadensis Mill.]
[=Abies canadensis Mill. var. aurea J.Nelson]
[=Abies coerulea Lodd. ex J.Forbes]
[=Abies laxa (Münchh.) K.Koch, nom. illeg., superfl.]
[=Abies laxa (Münchh.) Sarg.]
[=Abies rubra (DuRoi) Poir. var. violacea Loudon]
[=Abies virescens R.Hinterh. & J.Hinterh.]
[=Picea alba (Castigl.) Link]
[=Picea alba (Castigl.) Link forma acutissima Beissn.]
[=Picea alba (Castigl.) Link var. coerulea Jacob-Makoy]
[=Picea alba (Castigl.) Link var. foetida Penh.]
[=Picea alba (Castigl.) Link var. glauca (Moench) Sénécl.]
[=Picea alba (Castigl.) Link var. minima (Knight ex Gordon) Sénécl.]
[=Picea alba (Castigl.) Link var. nana (Jacques) Carrière]
[=Picea alba (Castigl.) Link var. pendula Carrière]
[=Picea canadensis (Mill.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. 1888, nom. illeg. hom., non (L.) Link 1842]
[=Picea canadensis (Mill.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. forma parva Vict.]
[=Picea canadensis (Mill.) Britton, S
terns & Poggenb. var. albertiana Rehder]
[=Picea canadensis (Mill.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. var. coerulea (J.Nelson) C.K.Schneid.]
[=Picea canadensis (Mill.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. var. coerulea Nash, nom. inval., nom. nud.]
[=Picea canadensis (Mill.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. var. glauca (Moench) Sudw.]
[=Picea canadensis (Mill.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. var. nana (Jacques) Sudw.]
[=Picea canadensis (Mill.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. var. pendula (Carrière) C.K.Schneid.]
[=Picea canadensis (Mill.) Koehne 1893, nom. illeg. hom., non (L.) Link 1842]
[=Picea coerulea (Lodd. ex J.Forbes) Link]
[=Picea glauca (Moench) Voss forma aurea (J.Nelson) Rehder]
[=Picea glauca (Moench) Voss forma buxoides J.R.Schramm]
[=Picea glauca (Moench) Voss forma caerulea (J.Nelson) Rehder]
[=Picea glauca (Moench) Voss forma conica Rehder]
[=Picea glauca (Moench) Voss forma nana (Jacques) Rehder]
[=Picea glauca (Moench) Voss forma parva (Vict.) Fernald & Weath.]
[=Picea glauca (Moench) Voss var. pendula (Carrière) Hornibr.]
[=Picea laxa (Münchh.) Sarg.]
[=Picea laxa (Münchh.) Sarg. forma coerulea (J.Nelson) Voss]
[=Picea tschugatskoyae Carrière, nom. inval., pro syn.]
[=Pinus abies L. var. laxa Münchh.]
[=Pinus alba Aiton 1789, nom. illeg. hom., non (Mill.) Münchh. 1770]
[=Pinus alba Aiton var. arctica (A.Murray bis) Parl.]
[=Pinus alba Aiton var. nana (Jacques) Antoine]
[=Pinus alba Aiton var. nana (Jacques) Endl. 1847, nom. illeg. isonym., non (Jacques) Antoine 1841]
[=Pinus canadensis (Mill.) Du Roi 1771, nom. illeg. hom., non L. 1763]
[=Pinus canadensis L. var. alba Castigl.]
[=Pinus coerulea Lodd. ex G.Don, nom. inval.]
[=Pinus laxa Münchh.]
[=Pinus tetragona Moench]
[=Pinus virescens Neilr., nom. inval.]

[Kews' World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP 2018) recently posted information on overlooked Pinus names by Münchh. (1770), which change the authorities, and sometimes the accepted name, of some Canadian species. For example: In Europe, Picea laxa (Munchh.) Sarg. is the accepted name for North America's white spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss, since the basionym Pinus laxa Munchh. (1770), predates the basionym Pinus glauca Moench (1785), of these two names. However, this change has not yet been accepted in North America. Also, the white spruce synonym Picea alba (Castigl.) Link replaces Picea alba (Aiton) Link, since the basionym Pinus canadensis var. alba Castigl. (1790) predates the name Pinus alba Aiton (1831). Most databases, including VASCAN, now treat Picea ×albertiana S.Br. as a hybrid of Picea engelmannii × Picea glauca (Earle 2011, Govaerts 2015, USDA 2015). Picea ×albertiana S.Br. is not found in Newfoundland; it's native range in Canada includes only YK, NT, BC, AB, SK, and MB.]

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