Pinopsida
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Vernacular names of plants within the Class Pinopsida

agathis
arar tree
araucarias
arborvitae
cedar
cephalotaxus
cryptomeria
cunninghamia
cypress
cypress-pine
dacrycarpus
fir
giant sequoia
hemlock
kahika
kauri
larch
pine
platycladus
plum-yews
podocarps
redwood
tetraclinis
torreya
yews

Hierarchical position of the Class Pinopsida

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Pinophyta Cronquist
syn. Coniferophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: conifers, gymnosperms
  
   Subdivisio  Pinophytina Cronquist
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
  
   Classis  Pinopsida Burnett
pub. Outl. Bot.: 483, 1090. Jun 1835.
common name: Conifers
  

Named members of the Class Pinopsida

1
   Subclassis  Pinidae Cronquist
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm., Taxon 15: 134. Apr 1966.
  
 
2
   Ordo  Araucariales Gorozh.
pub. Lekts. Morf. Sist. Archegon.: 72. 1904.
3
   Ordo  Cephalotaxales Takht. ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 74: 175. 25 Mar 1993.
4
   Ordo  Cupressales Bromhead
pub. 1838
  
5
   Ordo  Pinales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 11. 1829.
  
6
   Ordo  Podocarpales Pulle ex Reveal
pub. Novon 2: 239. 13 Oct 1992.
7
   Ordo  Sciadopityales Takht. ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 74: 176. 25 Mar 1993.
8
   Subclassis  Taxidae Ehrend. ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 71. 29 Apr 1996.
  
 
9
   Ordo  Taxales Knobl. in Warm.
pub. Handb. Syst. Bot. (ed. Knoblauch): 179. Apr 1890.
  

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

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