| Common Names - Pine Family | Synonyms - |
| Authority - Sprengel ex. Rudolphi. | Total Number of genera - 12 |
| Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Gymnosperm | Total Number of species - 250 |
| Plant forms - Trees, Shrubs | |
| World Distribution - Found in most of the Northern Hemisphere with the majority of the species in temperate climates but ranging from sub arctic to tropical. They are trees (rarely shrubs) growing from 2 to 100 m tall, mostly evergreen (except Larix and Pseudolarix, deciduous), resinous. | |
| Comments - Trees & a few shrubs. The largest family of gynosperms. Includes many of the well-known conifers of commercial importance such as cedars, firs, hemlocks, larches, pines and spruces. Very important timber trees. 9 genera & 170 species as trees. | |
| 1 - Abies. 2 - Cathaya. 3 - Cedrus. 4 - Keteleeria. 5 - Keteleeria. 6 - Larix. 7 - Nothotsuga. 8 - Picea. 9 - Pinus. 10 - Pseudolarix. 11 - Pseudotsuga. 12 - Tsuga. |