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Vernacular names of plants within the Family Pinaceae

balm of Gilead
cedar
fir
hemlock
pine
spruce

Hierarchical position of the Family Pinaceae

   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
  
   Subclassis  Pinidae Cronquist
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm., Taxon 15: 134. Apr 1966.
  
   Ordo  Pinales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 11. 1829.
  
   Subordo  Pinineae Vines
pub. Stud. Text-book Bot. 2: 483. 1895.
  
   Familia  Pinaceae Lindl.
pub. Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 313. Jul 1836, nom. cons.
common name: Pines
  

Named members of the Family Pinaceae

1
   Subfamilia  Abietoideae Rich. ex Sweet
pub. Hort. Brit.: 372. Sep-Oct 1826.
  
 
2
   Tribus  Abieteae Rich. ex Dumort.
pub. Fl. Belg.: 9. 1827.
  
 
3
   Subtribus  Abietinae Eichler in Engl. & Prantl
pub. Nat. Pflanzenfam. II, 1: 65, 69. Jun 1887.
  
 
4
   Genus  Abies Mill.
pub. (1754)
common name: fir
  
5
   Genus  Cathaya Chun & Kuang
6
   Tribus  Cedreae Tiegh.
pub. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. Litt. 15: 120. 24 Feb 1893.
  
 
7
   Genus  Cedrus Belon ex Trew
pub. (1757)
common name: cedar
  
8
   Genus  Chrysolarix H.E.Moore
syn. Pseudolarix Gordon
9
   Genus  Hesperopeuce (Engelm.) Lemmon
10
   Genus  Hesperotsuga C.N.Page
11
   Genus  Keteleeria Carriere
12
   Genus  Nothotsuga Hu ex C.N.Page
13
   Subtribus  Piceinae Masters
pub. J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 30: 27. 28 Aug 1893.
  
 
14
   Genus  Picea A. Dietr.
pub. (1824)
common name: spruce
  
15
   Subfamilia  Pinoideae Link
pub. Handbuch 2: 476. Jan-Aug 1831.
  
 
16
   Tribus  Pineae Bluff & Fingerh.
pub. Comp. Fl. German. 2: 538. late 1825.
  
 
17
   Subtribus  Pininae (Link) Berg & C.F. Schmidt
pub. Darstell. Beschr. Off. Gew. 1: 8d. Jan-Mar 1858.
  
 
18
   Genus  Pinus L.
pub. (1753)
common name: pine
  
19
   Genus  Pseudolarix Gordon
20
   Genus  Pseudotsuga Carriere
common name: Douglas fir
  
21
   Genus  Tsuga Carriere
common name: hemlock
  

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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