Conifer genera are the genera of conifer families such as Pinaceae and Cupressaceae, both placed by GBIF in the order Pinales. The Pinaceae is led by Pinus with about 531 descendant taxa, Abies with about 173, Picea with about 113, Larix with about 58, Tsuga with about 27 and Cedrus with about 24. The Cupressaceae has 108, led by Juniperus with about 225, Cupressus with about 95, Callitris with about 46, Thuja and Sequoia with about 41 each and Chamaecyparis with about 37.
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GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, children of Pinaceae
GBIF SecretariatChildren of Pinaceae
"canonicalName":"Pinus","vernacularName":"pine","authorship":"L.","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Sp. Pl.: 1000 (1753)","numDescendants":531
Children of Pinaceae: Abies
"canonicalName":"Abies","authorship":"D.Don","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"DOUBTFUL","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"in Loud. Arb. Brit. iv. 2329 (1838).","numDescendants":0
Children of Pinaceae: Picea
"canonicalName":"Picea","vernacularName":"spruce","authorship":"A.Dietr.","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Fl. Berlin 2: 794 (1824)","numDescendants":113
Children of Pinaceae: Larix
"canonicalName":"Larix","vernacularName":"larch","authorship":"Mill.","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4.: [s.p.] (1754)","numDescendants":58
Children of Pinaceae: Tsuga
"canonicalName":"Tsuga","vernacularName":"hemlock-spruces","authorship":"(Endl.) Carrière","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Traité Gén. Conif.: 185 (1855)","numDescendants":27
Children of Pinaceae: Cedrus
"canonicalName":"Cedrus","authorship":"L.","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"DOUBTFUL","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","numDescendants":0
View the Source GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, children of Cupressaceae
GBIF SecretariatChildren of Cupressaceae
"canonicalName":"Juniperus","vernacularName":"juniper","authorship":"L.","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Sp. Pl.: 1038 (1753)","numDescendants":225
Children of Cupressaceae: Cupressus
"canonicalName":"Cupressus","vernacularName":"Cypress","authorship":"L.","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Sp. Pl.: 1002 (1753)","numDescendants":95
Children of Cupressaceae: Callitris
"canonicalName":"Callitris","vernacularName":"Cypress-Pine","authorship":"Vent.","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Dec. Gen. Nov.: 10 (1808)","numDescendants":46
Children of Cupressaceae: Thuja
"canonicalName":"Thuja","vernacularName":"red-cedars","authorship":"L.","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Sp. Pl.: 1002 (1753)","numDescendants":41
Children of Cupressaceae: Sequoia
"canonicalName":"Sequoia","vernacularName":"coast redwood","authorship":"Endl.","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Syn. Conif.: 197 (1847)","numDescendants":41
Children of Cupressaceae: Chamaecyparis
"canonicalName":"Chamaecyparis","vernacularName":"Cedar","authorship":"Spach","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Hist. Nat. Vég. 11: 329 (1841)","numDescendants":37
View the Source Sequoiadendron - Wikipedia
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Sequoiadendron is a genus of evergreen trees, with three species, only one of which survives to the present:
Wikipedia: Agathis
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Agathis, known by the common names kauri and dammara, is a genus of coniferous trees native to Australasia and Southeast Asia.
Araucaria (Wikipedia)
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Araucaria ( ; original pronunciation: [a.ɾawˈka.
Chamaecyparis (Wikipedia)
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Chamaecyparis, the false-cypresses (to distinguish it from related true cypresses), is a genus of conifers in the cypress family Cupressaceae, native to eastern Asia (Japan and Taiwan) and to the western and eastern margins of the United States.
Sequoia (genus) - Wikipedia
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Sequoia is a genus of redwood coniferous trees in the subfamily Sequoioideae of the family Cupressaceae.
Fir (Wikipedia)
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Firs are coniferous trees belonging to the genus Abies (Latin: [ˈabieːs]) in the family Pinaceae.
Spruce (Wikipedia)
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A spruce is a tree of the genus Picea, a genus of some 37 species of coniferous trees in the pine family, Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal (taiga) regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
Larch (Wikipedia)
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Larches are deciduous conifers in the genus Larix, of the pine family, Pinaceae.
Pine (Wikipedia)
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Pines (genus Pinus) () are a genus of conifers in the family Pinaceae.
Cedrus (Wikipedia)
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Cedrus is a small genus in the pine family, Pinaceae (subfamily Abietoideae), consisting of 1-3 species of coniferous trees known in English as cedars.
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