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''Picea polita'',
synonym A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. For example, in the English language, the words ''begin'', ''start'', ''commence'', and ''initiate'' are a ...
''Picea torano'', commonly known as the tigertail spruce, is a species of
conifer Conifers () are a group of conifer cone, cone-bearing Spermatophyte, seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms. Scientifically, they make up the phylum, division Pinophyta (), also known as Coniferophyta () or Coniferae. The division contains a sin ...
in the family
Pinaceae The Pinaceae (), or pine family, are conifer trees or shrubs, including many of the well-known conifers of commercial importance such as Cedrus, cedars, firs, Tsuga, hemlocks, Pinyon_pine, piƱons, larches, pines and spruces. The family is incl ...
. It is native to
Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
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Conifers Around the World: Picea torano - Tigertail Spruce
* polita Endemic flora of Japan Trees of Japan Vulnerable flora of Asia Plants described in 1855 Taxa named by Philipp Franz von Siebold Taxa named by Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini {{conifer-stub