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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| (unranked): | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Pinales |
| Family: | Pinaceae |
| Genus: | Abies |
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A. vejarii
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Abies vejarii Martínez
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Abies vejarii is a species of fir native to northeastern Mexico, in the states of Coahuila and Nuevo León, where it grows at high altitudes (2,000–3,300 m) in the Sierra Madre Oriental.[1][2]
It is a medium-sized evergreen tree growing to 35–40 m tall. The leaves are needle-like, moderately flattened, 1–2.5 cm long and 1.3–2 mm wide by 1 mm thick, grey-green with scattered stomata above, and with two greenish-white bands of stomata below. The tip of the leaf is acutely pointed. The cones are glaucous purple, maturing grey-brown, 6–15 cm long and 4–6 cm broad, with about 150–200 scales, each scale with a bract of which the apical 3–8 mm is exserted on the closed cone, and two winged seeds; they disintegrate when mature to release the seeds.[2] Named after Octavio Véjar Vázquez, at the time, Mexican Minister for Public Education.
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A Handbook of the World's Conifers by Altos Farjon
- ^ a b Farjon, A. (2013). "Abies vejarii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T42302A2970671. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42302A2970671.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ a b Farjon, A. (1990). Pinaceae. Drawings and Descriptions of the Genera. Koeltz Scientific Books ISBN 3-87429-298-3.
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