index KINDOM PLANT KINDOM phylum TRACHEOPHYTA (VASCULAR PLANTS) phylum SPERMATOPHYTA (SEED PLANTS)
subdivision Pinophytina, class Pinopsida


Pinophyta, Pinophytina

BBALLBLU Carboniferous period: About 300 million years to the Paleozoic in the late Carboniferous period.


BBALLBLU Naked seeds (not covered by an ovary)
Usually, the seed is produced inside a cone-like structure such as a pine cone hence the name "conifer."
Some conifers, such as the Yew and Ginko, produce their seeds inside a berry-like structure.


BBALLBLU 700 living species.


cedars, cypresses, douglas-firs, firs, junipers, kauris, larches, pines, redwoods, spruces, and yews


conifers hold these records...
BBALLBLU.GIF, 0 kB The tallest is a Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens), with a height of 115.2 metres.
BBALLBLU.GIF, 0 kB The largest is a Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum), with a volume 1486.9 cubic metres.
BBALLBLU.GIF, 0 kB The greatest trunk diameter, is a Montezuma Cypress (Taxodium mucronatum), 11.42 metres in diameter.
BBALLBLU.GIF, 0 kB The oldest is a Great Basin Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva), 4,700 years old.


BBALLBLU Conifers produce resin which hardens into amber.




PHYLUM PINOPHYTINA
CLASS PINOPSIDA, CONIFEROPSIDA, CONIFERAE
RULERSPINgif RULERMAR RULERYEL Order Pinales

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SEMPLOGO.JPG, 10 kB MOURNLOGO.JPG, 3 kB
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CHAMLOGO.JPG, 11 kB PORTLOGO.JPG, 4 kB HINLOGO.JPG, 2 kB REDCEDERLTIPLOGO.JPG, 4 kB SWAMPLOGO.JPG, 3 kB

LOGODAWN.JPG, 3 kB BURLLOGO.JPG, 9 kB REDWOODTLOGO.JPG, 4 kB SEQUIALOGO.JPG, 3 kB TAIWANLLOGO.JPG, 4 kB NODILOGO.JPG, 5 kB
NUTMEGLOGO.JPG, 15 kB YEWLOGO.JPG, 3 kB IRISHYEWLOGO.JPG, 4 kB
WHTFIRLOGO.JPG, 4 kB DELAVLOGO.JPG, 4 kB FABRILOGO.JPG, 4 kB PINSAPOLOGO.JPG, 4 kB LARCHLOGO.JPG, 3 kB
CEDARDEOLOGO.JPG, 3 kB ATLASCEDARLOGO.JPG, 4 kB
YELLOGO.JPG, 11 kB PONDEROSALOGO.JPG, 3 kB DOUGLOGO.JPG, 10 kB
DIGRLOGO.JPG, 3 kB REDPINELOGO.JPG, 4 kB BLACKLOGO.JPG, 4 kB YUNNLOGO.JPG, 4 kB LUMHOLTLOGO.JPG, 4 kB ALEPPOLogo.jpg, 3 kB SHORELOGO.JPG, 4 kB
SUGARLOGO.JPG, 12 kB EasternWhiteLogo.jpg, 2 kB BUNGEALOGO.JPG, 3 kB CHILOGO.JPG, 5 kB BREWLOGO.JPG, 3 kB MORINDALOGO.JPG, 3 kB SPRUCELOGO.JPG, 4 kB
BANAST15gif order Pinales


RULERYEL Order ARAUCARIALES (most experts prefer to relocate)

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BANAST15gif order ARAUCARIALES
Family relocated to Order PINALES
RULERYEL Order Taxales (No longer exists)
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Taxales members have been moved to Pinales
BANAST15gif order (TAXALES) Pinales
RULERYEL RULERMAR

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