Family · Gymnosperms
Pinaceae
Pines, firs, spruces, larches, cedars
Resinous cone-bearing evergreens including pines, firs, spruces and larches; dominant timber trees of northern-hemisphere forests.
- Accepted species
- 271accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 11accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈42 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Northern Americamost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Pinus (pines)
- Abies (firs)
- Picea (spruces)
- Cedrus (cedars)
Genera
Pinus143 spp.
Abies50 spp.
Picea41 spp.
Larix11 spp.
Tsuga11 spp.
Cedrus4 spp.
Keteleeria4 spp.
Pseudotsuga4 spp.
Cathaya1 spp.
Nothotsuga1 spp.
Pseudolarix1 spp.
Where it grows
- Northern America122
- Asia-Temperate115
- Asia-Tropical32
- Europe30
- Southern America16
- Africa7
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Pinaceae sits in the order Pinales.