Pinus montezumae is a pine belonging to the Pinaceae family. This tree is better known as the Montezuma pine, white ocote, royal pine, and Mexican rough-bark pine. It is a tree that can reach about 30 meters in height, and that is distributed from 1050 meters above sea level to approximately 3000 meters above sea level.
This conifer is distributed in several states of Mexico, in addition to being found in Guatemala. In Mexico, it is located in the Neovolcanic Axis of central Mexico, in some areas such as Nuevo León, Jalisco, Michoacán, México, Distrito Federal, Querétaro, Hidalgo, Morelos, Puebla, Central Veracruz, Guerrero, Oaxaca and Chiapas.
Montezuma pine tree. ColinFine
Twelve subordinate taxa of this pine can be found, namely:
- Pinus montezumae var. hartwegii
- Pinus montezumae var. lindleyana
- Pinus montezumae var. lindleyi
- Pinus montezumae fo. macrocarpa
- Pinus montezumae fo. macrophylla
- Pinus montezumae var. macrophylla
- Pinus montezumae var. mezambranus
- Pinus montezumae var. mezambrana
- Pinus montezumae var. montezumae
- Pinus montezumae var. rudis
Applications
Mainly it is a kind of pine from which its wood is used. This forest species is also used by man to extract cellulose, make paper, poles, it is useful in cabinetmaking and construction, and it also provides resin in a significant quantity. Due to its flammable resin, this conifer is used in some places as fuel.
One of its most important uses is the implementation of this species in recovery plans for degraded soils. They also have ornamental use, thus being a species of ecological importance.
Foliage of Pinus montezumae. Stickpen
Thanks to the economic importance of this species of pine, it becomes important and necessary to carry out research that focuses on applying environmental or genetic techniques that allow reducing the time that the cespitose state lasts in this species, and in this way it has greater attractiveness. in its adult state and in its initial state (seedling) for reforestation plans.
These techniques can consist of the application of phytohormones, and the variation of formulas of nutritive solutions with N, P, K, Ca and Mg.
References
- Calderón, N., Jasso, J., Martínez, J., Vargas, J. and Gómez, A. 2006. Early stimulation of epicotyl growth in Pinus montezumae Lamb seedlings. Ra Ximhai, 2 (3): 847-864.
- Aguilera-Rodríguez, M., Aldrete, A., Martínez-Trinidad, T., Ordáz-Chaparro, V. 2015. Production of Pinus montezumae Lamb. with different substrates and controlled release fertilizers. Agrociencia, 50: 107-118.
- Viveros-Viveros, H., Sáenz-Romero, C., López-Upton, J., Vargas-Hernández, J. 2007. Growth and frost damage variation among Pinus pseudostrobus, P. montezumae and P. hartwegii tested in Michoacán, México Forest Ecology and Management, 253: 81-88.
- Delgado, P., Salas-Lizana, R., Vázquez-Lobo, A., Wegier, A., Anzidei, M., Alvarez-Buylla, E., Vendramin, G., and Piñero, D. 2007. Introgressive Hybridization in Pinus montezumae Lamb. and Pinus pseudostrobus Lindl. (Pinaceae): Morphological and Molecular (cpSSR) Evidence. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 168 (6): 861-875.
- Pinus montezumae. Taken from: http: tropicos.org
- Pinus montezumae. Catalog of Life: 2010 Annual Checklist. Taken from: catalogueoflife.org
- Standley, P. and Steyermark, J. Flora of Guatemala. 1958. Fieldiana: Botany. Chicago Natural History Museum. USES. Taken from: biodiversitylibrary.org