Editing Pinus jeffreyi (section)

== Taxonomy ==
''Pinus jeffreyi'' is named for its discoverer, Scottish botanist [[John Jeffrey (botanist)|John Jeffrey]], who encountered it in 1852 near Mount Shasta.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Ritter |first=Matt |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1036213303 |title=California plants : a guide to our iconic flora |publisher=Pacific Street |year=2018 |isbn=978-0-9998960-0-6 |oclc=1036213303}}</ref> ''Pinus'' is Latin for pine.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pinus jeffreyi, Jeffrey pine {{!}} Trees of Stanford & Environs |url=https://trees.stanford.edu/ENCYC/PINjeff.htm#:~:text=Name%20derivation:%20Pinus%20%E2%80%93%20Latin%20for,Botanic%20Garden,%20who%20discovered%20it. |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=trees.stanford.edu}}</ref>