Conifers
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Conifers (class Pinophyta, syn. Coniferae) are a large group of about 650-700 species of Gymnosperm plants, native to most regions of the world. The class consists of a single order Pinales, and six or seven families. All are woody plants, and most are evergreen, though five genera are deciduous.
Families and genera
- Pinaceae
- Pinus - pine (about 115 species)
- Picea - spruce (about 35 species)
- Cathaya - cathaya (one species)
- Larix - larch (about 14 species)
- Pseudotsuga - douglas-fir (five species)
- Abies - fir (about 50 species)
- Cedrus - cedar (two to four species)
- Pseudolarix - golden-larch (one species)
- Keteleeria - keteleeria (three species)
- Nothotsuga - nothotsuga (one species)
- Tsuga - hemlock (nine species)
- Araucariaceae
- Podocarpaceae
- Acmopyle - (two species))
- Afrocarpus - (six species)
- Dacrycarpus - (nine species)
- Dacrydium - (21 species)
- Falcatifolium - (six species)
- Halocarpus - (three species)
- Lagarostrobos - (one species)
- Lepidothamnus - (three species)
- Manoao - (one species)
- Microcachrys - (one species)
- Microstrobos - (two species)
- Nageia - (six species)
- Parasitaxus - (one species)
- Phyllocladus - (four species)
- Podocarpus - (about 100-110 species)
- Prumnopitys - (nine species)
- Retrophyllum - (five species)
- Saxegothaea - (one species)
- Sundacarpus - (one species)
- Sciadopityaceae
- Sciadopitys - (one species)
- Cupressaceae
- Cunninghamia - Cunninghamia (one species)
- Taiwania – Taiwania (one species)
- Athrotaxis - Tasmanian redwood (three species)
- Metasequoia - Dawn Redwood (one species)
- Sequoia - Coast Redwood (one species)
- Sequoiadendron - Giant Sequoia (one species)
- Cryptomeria - Sugi (one species)
- Glyptostrobus - Chinese Swamp Cypress (one species)
- Taxodium - Bald Cypress (three species)
- Thuja - Thuja or Arborvitae (five species)
- Thujopsis – Hiba (one species)
- Chamaecyparis - cypress (six or seven species)
- Fokienia - Fujian Cypress (one species)
- Calocedrus - incense-cedar (three species)
- Tetraclinis (one species)
- Microbiota - Microbiota (one species)
- Platycladus - Chinese Arborvitae (one species)
- Cupressus - cypress (about 20-25 species)
- Juniperus - juniper (about 55-60 species)
- Austrocedrus (one species)
- Papuacedrus (one species)
- Pilgerodendron (one species)
- Libocedrus (five species)
- Widdringtonia (four species)
- Diselma - Diselma (one species)
- Fitzroya - Alerce (one species)
- Neocallitropsis (one species)
- Callitris - cypress-pine (15 species)
- Actinostrobus - cypress-pine (three species)
- Taxaceae
- Taxus - yew (ten species)
- Pseudotaxus - white-berry yew (one species)
- Austrotaxus - southern yew (one species)
- Cephalotaxaceae (sometimes included in Taxaceae)
- Torreya - torreya (five species)
- Amentotaxus - catkin-yew (five species)
- Cephalotaxus - plum-yew (ten species)
