Pinus densifloraSiebold & Zucc.

Japanese Red PineJapanese pineJapanese red pineJapanese umbrella pinetanyosho pine

WFO wfo-0000481256 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Pinus densiflora, photographed by Marco Mussita
fig. a Marco Mussita, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-05-29 / obs. 132546931
Pinus densiflora, photographed by Marco Mussita
fig. b Marco Mussita, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 111334403
Pinus densiflora, photographed by Marco Mussita
fig. c Marco Mussita, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 105479838
Pinus densiflora, photographed by Repina Tatyana
fig. d Repina Tatyana, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 75843239
Pinus densiflora, photographed by Marco Mussita
fig. e Marco Mussita, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 74695044
Pinus densiflora, photographed by Marco Mussita
fig. f Marco Mussita, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 56194881
Pinus densiflora, photographed by Marco Mussita
fig. g Marco Mussita, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 53333177
Pinus densiflora, photographed by Kim, Hyun-tae
fig. h Kim, Hyun-tae, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 4315235

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Native range 4 botanical countries

Regions where Pinus densiflora is native: Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Primorye JapanManchuriaPrimorye Korea
Native distribution of Pinus densiflora, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Japan JAP ASIA-TEMPERATE
Korea KOR
Manchuria CHM
Primorye PRM

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 30 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.

  • Pinus densiflora f. aurea (Mayr) E.H.Wilson
  • Pinus densiflora f. brevifolia (Liou & Z.Wang) Kitag.
  • Pinus densiflora f. globosa (Mayr) Beissn.
  • Pinus densiflora f. liaotungensis (Liou & Z.Wang) Kitag.
  • Pinus densiflora f. nigricorticalis Q.L.Wang
  • Pinus densiflora f. oculus-draconis (Mayr) Beissn.
  • Pinus densiflora f. pendula (Mayr) Beissn.
  • Pinus densiflora f. sylvestriformis Taken.
  • Pinus densiflora f. umbraculifera (Mayr) Beissn.
  • Pinus densiflora subsp. funebris (Kom.) Silba
  • Pinus densiflora subsp. zhangwuensis (S.J.Zhang, C.X.Li & X.Y.Yuan) Silba
  • Pinus densiflora var. aurea Mayr
  • Pinus densiflora var. aureovariegata-pendula Mayr
  • Pinus densiflora var. brevifolia Liou & Z.Wang
  • Pinus densiflora var. densiflora
  • Pinus densiflora var. funebris (Kom.) Liou & Q.L.Wang
  • Pinus densiflora var. funebris (Kom.) Liou & Q.L.Wang ex Silba
  • Pinus densiflora var. globosa Mayr
  • Pinus densiflora var. liaotungensis Liou & Z.Wang
  • Pinus densiflora var. oculus-draconis Mayr
  • Pinus densiflora var. oculus-draconis-pendula Mayr
  • Pinus densiflora var. pendula Mayr
  • Pinus densiflora var. sylvestriformis (Taken.) Q.L.Wang
  • Pinus densiflora var. umbraculifera Mayr

and 6 more.

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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