Picea abies | Abies balsamea | Abies amabilis | Abies lasiocarpa | Abies grandis | Abies alba | Abies numidica | Abies nordmanniana |
Abies fabri is closely related to Abies delavayi and Abies forrestii, which replace it to the south and southwest respectively in southern Sichuan and Yunnan, and to Abies fargesii, which replaces it further north in Gansu.