subdivision Pinophytina, class Pinopsida

Pinophyta, Pinophytina

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


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.


700 living species.


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


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


Conifers produce resin which hardens into amber.




PHYLUM PINOPHYTINA
CLASS PINOPSIDA, CONIFEROPSIDA, CONIFERAE
Order Pinales

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order Pinales


Order ARAUCARIALES (most experts prefer to relocate)


order ARAUCARIALES
Family relocated to Order PINALES
Order Taxales (No longer exists)

Taxales members have been moved to Pinales
order (TAXALES) Pinales