Larix kaempferi

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Pinus kaempferi Lamb., Descr. Pinus 2: 5 (Pref.). 1824.

• Homotypic
  • Abies kaempferi (Lamb.) Lindl., Penny Cyclop. 1: 34. 1833.
  • Laricopsis kaempferi (Lamb.) A.H.Kent, Man. Conif. new ed.: 403. 1900.
  • Pseudolarix kaempferi (Lamb.) Gordon, Pinetum 292. 1858.

• Heterotypic
  • Abies leptolepis Siebold & Zucc., Fl. Jap. 1: 12. 1835.
  • Larix japonica Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif. 272. 1855.
  • Larix japonica A.Murray, Pines Firs Japan 94. 1863, nom. illeg. non Carriére (1855).
  • Larix japonica macrocarpa Carriére, Traite Conif. ed. 2, 354. 1867, sine dign. defin.
  • Larix kaempferi f. pendula (Beissn.) Yonek., J. Jap. Bot. 80: 323. 2005.
  • Larix kaempferi f. rubescens (Inokuma) T.Shimizu, New Alp. Fl. Japan Colour 2: 359. 1983.
  • Larix kaempferi var. minor (A.Murray) Sarg., Silva N. Am. 12: 2. 1898.
  • Larix kaempferi var. pendula (Beissn.) C.K.Schneid., E. E. Silva Tarouca, Freiland-Nadelgehö.lz. 213. 1913.
  • Larix kaempferi var. rubescens Inokuma, Bull. Tokyo Imp. Univ. Forests 25: 21. 1937.
  • Larix leptolepis (Siebold & Zucc.) Gordon, Pinetum 128. 1858.
  • Larix leptolepis aureovariegata Dirken, Cat. 1899/1900, sine dign. defin.
  • Larix leptolepis dumosa Beissn., Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 11: 73. 1902, sine dign. defin., sine dign. defin.
  • Larix leptolepis pendula C. de Coninck, Cat. 27. 1946, nom. inval., sine dign. defin.
  • Larix leptolepis pyramidalis-argentea Kobendza, Roeznik 8: 210. 1952, nom. inval., sine dign. defin.
  • Larix leptolepis f. pendula (Beissn.) Rehder, Bibl. Cult. Trees 29. 1949.
  • Larix leptolepis f. pendula (Beissn.) Sugim., Hokuriku J.. Bot. 6: 27. 1957, comb. superfl.
  • Larix leptolepis var. ganghoferi Schwer., Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 12: 94. 1903.
  • Larix leptolepis var. louchanensis Ferré & Augère, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Toulouse 78: 137. 1943.
  • Larix leptolepis var. minor A.Murray, Proc. Hort. Soc. Lond. 2: 637, fig. 155. 1862.
  • Larix leptolepis var. murrayana Maxim., Index Seminum (LE) 1866: 3. 1866.
  • Larix leptolepis var. pendula Beissn., Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 6: 92. 1897.
  • Larix leptolepis var. prostrata Beissn., Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 8: 13. 1899; 18: 252. 1909.
  • Larix orientalis Jackson, Ind. Kew. 2: 31. 1895, nom. inval.
  • Pinus intermedia Lodd. ex Parl., Prod. (Candolle) 16(2): 411., 1868, nom. illeg. non Du Roi (1800).
  • Pinus leptolepis (Siebold & Zucc.) Endl., Syn. Conif. 130. 1847.
  • Pinus nummularia Gordon, Pinetum 128. 1858, nom. inval.

Primary references

• Carrière, E.-A. (1856). Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe (Ghent) 11: 97.

Additional references

• Thunberg, C.P. 1784. Flora Japonica sistens plantas insularum japonicarum... 274-275 , .

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Larix kaempferi in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 May 07. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Larix kaempferi. Published online. Accessed: May 07 2025. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2025. Larix kaempferi. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2025. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2025 May 07. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2025. Larix kaempferi. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 May 2025.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Larix kaempferi in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.