Pinus uncinataRamond ex DC.

Mountain Pinemountain pine

WFO wfo-0000481563 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Pinus uncinata, photographed by David Sandler
fig. a David Sandler, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-11-21 / obs. 179759847
Pinus uncinata, photographed by Quentin Groom
fig. b Quentin Groom, CC0 1.0 / obs. 135294125
Pinus uncinata, photographed by Sandy Rae
fig. c Sandy Rae, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 51686068
Pinus uncinata, photographed by Javier Solís
fig. d Javier Solís, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 4766860
Pinus uncinata, photographed by Jens-Christian Svenning
fig. e Jens-Christian Svenning, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 77283818
Pinus uncinata, photographed by Jens-Christian Svenning
fig. f Jens-Christian Svenning, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 77094745
Pinus uncinata, photographed by Jens-Christian Svenning
fig. g Jens-Christian Svenning, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 77086682
Pinus uncinata, photographed by Jens-Christian Svenning
fig. h Jens-Christian Svenning, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 76751952

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Native range 7 botanical countries

Regions where Pinus uncinata is native: Austria, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland AustriaCzechia-SlovakiaFranceGermanyItalySpainSwitzerland
Native distribution of Pinus uncinata, 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
Spain SPA
Switzerland SWI

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 91 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 humilis Link
  • Pinus montana f. hausmannii H.Christ
  • Pinus montana subsp. uncinata (Ramond ex DC.) Čelak
  • Pinus montana var. hausmannii (H.Christ) Dalla Torre & Sarnth.
  • Pinus montana var. humilior Rouy
  • Pinus montana var. humilis (Link) Heer
  • Pinus montana var. mugho (Poir.) Spach
  • Pinus montana var. pseudopumilio (Hartig ex Willk.) Willk.
  • Pinus montana var. rostrata (Antoine) Willk.
  • Pinus montana var. rotundata (Link) Willk.
  • Pinus montana var. uliginosa (G.E.Neumann ex Wimm.) Heer
  • Pinus montana var. uncinata (Ramond ex DC.) Heer
  • Pinus mugho Poir.
  • Pinus mughus subsp. uliginosa (G.E.Neumann ex Wimm.) O.Schwartz
  • Pinus mughus var. erecta Grab.
  • Pinus mughus var. obliqua (Saut.) C.F.M.Elsner
  • Pinus mughus var. uliginosa (G.E.Neumann ex Wimm.) K.Koch
  • Pinus mughus var. uncinata (Ramond ex DC.) K.Koch
  • Pinus mugo f. mughoides (Willk.) K.I.Chr.
  • Pinus mugo subsp. pseudopumilio (Hartig ex Willk.) Holubickova
  • Pinus mugo subsp. rostrata (Antoine) A.E.Murray
  • Pinus mugo subsp. rotundata (Link) Janch. & H.Neumayer
  • Pinus mugo subsp. uliginosa (G.E.Neumann ex Wimm.) O.Schwarz
  • Pinus mugo subsp. uncinata (Ramond ex DC.) Domin

and 67 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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