Pino candelillo, ocote, pino canis, pinabete, pino llorón
[Spanish]. Syn: Pinus tenuifolia Benth. 1842 non Salib. 1796; P.
escandoniana Roezl 1857; P. hoseriana Roezl 1857; P. tzompoliana
Roezl 1857. Although Roezl was the first to describe this
species, his herbarium material was lost until recently. In the
interim, the name P. maximinoi became widely established, as
this tree is widely used in plantation forestry. In order to
avoid a disruptive and relatively pointless name change, Farjon
and Frankis (1998) have proposed to conserve the binomial P.
maximinoi. This would otherwise be the only valid binomial among
the scores of pine species described by Roezl. For more on
Roezl's role in the systematics of Mexican pines, see P.
montezumae and Farjon and Styles (1997). Trees to 20-35(-50) m
tall and 70-90(-100+) cm dbh. Trunk straight, round, usually
single. Branches horizontal, often whorled, developing into an
open pyramidal and, at maturity, a thick, rounded open crown,
with typical crown depth about 50% of