Abstract
The genus Abies Mill. (firs) is one of the largest in the Pinaceae (Krüssman 1985). Liu (1971) provided a taxonomic monograph of the genus Abies, and reported that it included two subgenera with 15 sections composed of 39 species, 27 varieties, and 9 hybrids. The genus was characterized morphologically by: (1) a peculiar resin commonly termed balsam, (2) buds on lateral branches often arranged hastately, (3) branchlets marked with circular disk-like leaf scars, (4) solitary male flowers (the genus is monecious) having short horizontal knob-like projections at the posterior portion of stamens and their anthers opening by a transverse slit, (5) erect and often variously colored cones with thin cone scales and bract scales separating from the cone axis upon seed maturity, and (6) seeds having resin vescicles infolded by the lower part of their thin wings. The wood consists only of tracheids and rays without normal resin canals. The tracheids have bordered, taxodioid pits.
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Saravitz, C.H., Blazich, F.A. (1996). Abies fraseri (Pursh) Poir. (Fraser Fir). In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) Trees IV. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 35. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-10617-4_20
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