Pinaceae
Taxonomic status
Accepted
Occurrence status
Present
Origin
Introduced
Monoecious trees, rarely shrubs. Leaves alternate or whorls, needle-like and spreading. Cones with numerous spirally arranged scales. Male cones lateral, short-lived; sporophylls with 2 sporangia. Female cones terminal, persistent; scales mostly finally woody, each with 2 ovules on upper side; ovules facing inwards. Seeds woody. Embryo with many cotyledons.
Mostly Northern Hemisphere family of 10 genera and c. 250 species, none native to Australia.
Source:
Entwisle, T.J. (1994). Conifers (Pinophyta). In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons, pp. 113–121. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
Updated by: Andre
Messina,
15 Jul. 2014
Spinning
family
Pinaceae
