Abies chinensis Franchet, J. Bot. (Morot) 13: 259. 1899; Tsuga chinensis var. tchekiangensis (Flous) W. C. Cheng & L. K. Fu; T. dumosa (D. Don) Eichler var. chinensis (Franchet) E. Pritzel; T. tchekiangensis Flous.

Branchlets gray or yellow-gray, ca. 1 mm in diam. Seed cones ovoid, 1.5-2.5 × 1.2-1.6 cm. Seed scales pentagonal-ovate, subsquare, or suborbicular.

* Mountains, river basins; 1000-3200 m. Anhui, Fujian, S Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, NW Guizhou, W Henan, W Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, S Shaanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang