Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco-- Douglas-fir(13)

Pinus taxifolia Lamb., Descr. Genus Pinus 1: 53, pl. 33. 1803, non P. taxifolia Salisb. (Prodr.: 399. 1796). Abies taxifolia Poir. in Lam., Encycl. Méth. Bot. 6: 523. 1805, non A. taxifolia Desf. (Tabl. Ecole Bot.: 206. 1804). Abies menziesii Mirb., Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 13: 63, 70. 1825. Pseudotsuga taxifolia (Lamb.) Britt., Trans. New York Acad. Sci. 8: 74. 1889. Pseudotsuga taxifolia (Poir.) Britt. ex Sudw., U.S.D.A. Div. Forestry Bull. 14: 46. 1897. Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco, Bol. Soc. Brot., ser. 2, 24: 74. 1950. (Menzies s.n., Vancouver Isl., 1791; specimen at The Natural History Museum, London).

Pinus douglasii Sabine ex D. Don in Lamb., Descr. Genus Pinus, ed. 3, 2: unnumbered page between 144 and 145. 1832. Abies douglasii (Sabine ex D. Don) Lindl., Penny Cyclop. 1: 32. 1833. Pseudotsuga douglasii (Sabine ex D. Don) Carr, Trait. Conif., ed. 2: 256. 1867. (Douglas s.n., Willamette River, Oregon, Oct 1830; specimen at the Royal Botanic Garden, Kew England).

Abies mucronata Raf., Atl. J. 1: 120. 1832. Pseudotsuga mucronata (Raf.) Sudw. in Holz, Contr. U.S. Nat. Herb. 3: 266. 1895. (Lewis 5, near the mouth of the Columbia River, Clatsop Co., Oregon, 6 Feb 1806; described from Lewis' notes - specimen unknown).

For illustrations of Douglas-fir see the first volume of "Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest" by Hitchcock and his associates, and the second volume of Flora of North America north of Mexico.

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