Pinus cembraL.

Arolla PineSwiss PineSwiss Stone PineSwiss stone pine

WFO wfo-0000482273 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Pinus cembra, photographed by Jason Grant
fig. a Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-02 / obs. 202770754
Pinus cembra, photographed by Wolfgang Jauch
fig. b Wolfgang Jauch, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 200991550
Pinus cembra, photographed by Catherine Faber
fig. c Catherine Faber, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 179146201
Pinus cembra, photographed by Nick Kleinschmidt
fig. d Nick Kleinschmidt, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 164455380
Pinus cembra, photographed by Igor Balashov
fig. e Igor Balashov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 155570349
Pinus cembra, photographed by Igor Balashov
fig. f Igor Balashov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 155560581
Pinus cembra, photographed by Igor Balashov
fig. g Igor Balashov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 155558988
Pinus cembra, photographed by Igor Balashov
fig. h Igor Balashov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 155558449

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Native range 10 botanical countries

Regions where Pinus cembra is native: Austria, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Germany, Italy, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, Switzerland, Ukraine AustriaCzechia-SlovakiaFranceGermanyItalyNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSwitzerlandUkraine
Native distribution of Pinus cembra, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Austria AUT EUROPE
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
France FRA
Germany GER
Italy ITA
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
Switzerland SWI
Ukraine UKR

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 11 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Apinus cembra (L.) Neck. ex Rydb.
  • Apinus cembra (L.) Neck.
  • Cembra montana Opiz
  • Pinea cembra (L.) Opiz
  • Pinus cembra f. columnaris Rehder
  • Pinus cembra subsp. cembra
  • Pinus cembra var. pendula J.Nelson
  • Pinus humistrata Carrière
  • Pinus montana Lam.
  • Pinus montana Salisb.
  • Strobus cembra (L.) Moldenke

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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