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Pinales

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Also known as the pine order

The order Pinales in the subclass Pinidae, in the class Pinopsida, is a monotypic order which comprises only one family: pinaceae, the pine family.

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Pinales is an order of plants that contains only one family, the Pinaceae or pine family, making it unique in having just a single family within its classification. This order is important because it includes many of the world's most economically and ecologically significant trees, such as pines, firs, and spruces.

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Species

Pinales

ORDER

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassPinopsida
  4. OrderPinales
Observations recorded8,725,580

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
174
With media
10
Collections
SDNHM, YPM, USNM, UCMP, NHMUK, CM
Recorded in
United States, Antarctica, United Kingdom

Research

17,363 papers

via PubMed

~10 min read

Encyclopedic overview

13 sections
Contents
  • Taxonomy
  • History
  • Controversies
  • Phylogeny
  • Subdivision
  • Notes
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • Books
  • Encyclopaedias
  • Articles
  • Websites
  • External links

The order Pinales in the subclass Pinidae, in the class Pinopsida, is a monotypic order which comprises only one family: pinaceae, the pine family.

The name Pinales has historically been used to refer to all conifers, the term being used interchangeably with an order named 'coniferales', which was widely accepted until at least 2011. Subsequent analyses have recognised not one but three orders of conifers: Pinales, Cupressales, and Araucariales. These are widely accepted since at least 2022.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pinales” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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