中文名（Chinese Name）：金钱松
学名（Scientific Name）：Pseudolarix amabilis (Nelson) Rehd.
英文名（English Common Name）：Chinese golden-larch
别名（Chinese Common Name）：金松
异名（Synonym）：Abies kaempferi Lindl.；Larix amabilis J. Nelson；Pseudolarix pourtetii Ferré；Pseudolarix fortunei Mayr；Pseudolarix kaempferi Gordon；Laricopsis kaempferi (Lindl.) Kent；Chrysolarix amabilis (J. Nelson) H. E. Moore；Laricopsis fortunei (Mayr) Mayr  
科属（Family & Genus）：松科（Pinaceae）金钱松属
形态特征（Description）：乔木，高达40米，胸径达1.5米；树干通直，树皮粗糙，灰褐色，裂成不规则的鳞片状块片；枝平展，树冠宽塔形；一年生长枝淡红褐色或淡红黄色，无毛，有光泽，二、三年生枝淡黄灰色或淡褐灰色，稀淡紫褐色，老枝及短枝呈灰色、暗灰色或淡褐灰色；矩状短枝生长极慢，有密集成环节状的叶枕。叶条形，柔软，镰状或直，上部稍宽，长2-5.5厘米，宽1.5-4毫米（幼树及萌生枝之叶长达7厘米，宽5毫米），先端锐尖或尖，上面绿色，中脉微明显，下面蓝绿色，中脉明显，每边有5-14条气孔线，气孔带较中脉带为宽或近于等宽；长枝之叶辐射伸展，短枝之叶簇状密生，平展成圆盘形，秋后叶呈金黄色。雄球花黄色，圆柱状，下垂，长5-8毫米，梗长4-7毫米；雌球花紫红色，直立，椭圆形，长约1.3厘米，有短梗。球果卵圆形或倒卵圆形，长6-7.5厘米，径4-5厘米，成熟前绿色或淡黄绿色，熟时淡红褐色，有短梗；中部的种鳞卵状披针形，长2.8-3.5厘米，基部宽约1.7厘米，两侧耳状，先端钝有凹缺，腹面种翅痕之间有纵脊凸起，脊上密生短柔毛，鳞背光滑无毛；苞鳞长约种鳞的1/4-1/3，卵状披针形，边缘有细齿；种子卵圆形，白色，长约6毫米，种翅三角状披针形，淡黄色或淡褐黄色，上面有光泽，连同种子几乎与种鳞等长。花期4月，球果10月成熟。
分布（Distribution）：为我国特有树种，产于江苏南部（宜兴）、浙江、安徽南部、福建北部、江西、湖南、湖北利川至四川万县交界地区，在海拔100-1500米地带散生于针叶树、阔叶树林中。庐山、南京等地有栽培。
用途（Use）：木材纹理通直，硬度适中，材质稍粗，性较脆。可作建筑、板材、家具、器具及木纤维工业原料等用；树皮可提栲胶，入药（俗称土槿皮）可治顽癣和食积等症；根皮亦可药用，也可作造纸胶料；种子可榨油。树姿优美，秋后叶呈金黄色，颇为美观，可作庭园树。
引自中国植物志英文版FOC Vol. 4
Pseudolarix amabilis (J. Nelson) Rehder, J. Arnold Arbor. 1: 53. 1919.
金钱松 jin qian song | Pinaceae  | Pseudolarix
Larix amabilis J. Nelson, Pinaceae 84. 1866; Abies kaempferi Lindley; Chrysolarix amabilis (J. Nelson) H. E. Moore; Laricopsis kaempferi (Lindley) Kent; Pseudolarix fortunei Mayr; P. kaempferi Gordon; P. pourtetii Ferre.
Trees to 40 m tall; trunk to 3 m d.b.h.; bark gray-brown, rough, scaly, flaking; crown broadly conical; long branchlets initially reddish brown or reddish yellow, glossy, glabrous, becoming yellowish gray, brownish gray, or rarely purplish brown in 2nd or 3rd year, finally gray or dark gray; short branchlets slow growing, bearing dense rings of leaf cushions; winter buds ovoid, scales free at apex. Leaves bluish green adaxially, pale green abaxially, slightly curved or straight, 2-5.5 cm × 1.5-4 mm, slightly keeled adaxially, stomatal lines present on abaxial surface, midvein prominent abaxially, apex acute. Seed cones green or yellow-green, maturing reddish brown, obovoid or ovoid, 5-7.5 × 4-5 cm. Seed scales ovate-lanceo late, 2.8-3.5 × ca. 1.7 cm, with a longitudinal, central, densely pubescent ridge adaxially, base with 2 lateral auricles, apex emarginate. Bracts ovate-lanceolate, 1/4-1/3 as long as seed scales, margin denticulate. Seeds white, ovoid, 6-7 mm; wing light yellow or brownish yellow, glossy adaxially, triangular-lanceolate, circa 2.5 cm. Pollination Apr, seed maturity Oct
* Evergreen and deciduous, broad-leaved mixed, forests; 100-1500 m. Native range difficult to discern owing to long history of cultivation but probably the lower Chang Jiang valley: N Fujian, Hunan, N Jiangxi, N Zhejiang; cultivated in S Anhui, W Hubei, S Jiangsu, E Sichuan.
A rare species (as a native plant). The wood is used for furniture, boat building, and bridges. An excellent ornamental tree with its attractive crown and golden autumn color.

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