Pinaceae
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Subfamily Pinoideae Pinus - pines (about 115 species) Subfamily Piceoideae Picea - spruces (about 35 species) Subfamily Laricoideae Cathaya (one species) Larix - larches (about 14 species) Pseudotsuga - douglas-firs (five species) Subfamily Abietoideae Abies - firs (about 50 species) Cedrus - cedars (two to four species) Keteleeria (three species) Pseudolarix - golden larch (one species) Nothotsuga (one species) Tsuga - hemlock (nine species) |
The family Pinaceae (pine family), is in the Order Pinales and includes most of the well-known conifers of commercial importance such as cedars, firs, hemlockss, larches, pines and spruces, in 11 genera and between 220-250 species (depending on taxonomic opinion). These trees and shrubs are mostly found in the North Temperate zone, grow from 2 to 100 m tall, are mostly evergreen (except Larix and Pseudolarix, deciduous), resinous, monoecious, with subopposite or whorled branches, and spirally arranged, linear (needle-like) leaves. Male cones are small and herbaceous; female cones are large and usually woody. Seeds occur two to a scale and are winged. The embryos are multi-cotyledonous.
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| Pinaceae | Araucariaceae | Podocarpaceae | Sciadopityaceae | Cupressaceae | Cephalotaxaceae | Taxaceae |