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Tsuga ulleungensis

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Tsuga ulleungensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Tsuga
Species:
T. ulleungensis
Binomial name
Tsuga ulleungensis
G.P.Holman, Del Tredici, Havill, N.S.Lee & C.S.Campb.

Tsuga ulleungensis, also known as the Ulleungdo hemlock, is a conifer species discovered on Ulleungdo island, Korea, and formally classified in 2017.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ Popkin, Gabe (30 January 2018). "First New Species of Temperate Conifer Tree Discovered in More Than a Decade". National Geographic News. Archived from the original on January 31, 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  2. ^ Holman, Garth; Del Tredici, Peter; Havill, Nathan; Lee, Nam Sook; Cronn, Richard; Cushman, Kevin; Mathews, Sarah; Raubeson, Linda; Campbell, Christopher S. (18 December 2017). "A New Species and Introgression in Eastern Asian Hemlocks (Pinaceae: Tsuga)" (PDF). Systematic Botany. 42 (4): 733–746. doi:10.1600/036364417X696474. S2CID 90432108. Retrieved 31 January 2018.