Clades:
Gymnospermae;
Plants.
Name: Pinopsidae; Pinophyta; Coniferophyta; Coniferae;
Pinanae;
Pinales; Coniferales.
English: Pine family; Coniferae; Conifers.
BotanyLeaves: morphologically diverse.
Reproduction: loss of spermatozoids; nucellar siphonogamy.
TaxonomyPinales and
Ginkgoales are 2 Orders in the
Gymnospermae.
In the
Plant theory Pinales and
Ginkgoales are taken together into a Class or Subclass
Pinidae. The difference between Class and Subclass is difficult and maybe artificial as each Class has only one Subclass. The
Pinidae have only one Order,
Pinales, including
Ginkgoales. The division in
Subphases is tentative for some Families, as they are quite unknown in homeopathy.
Subphases1. Cheirolepidiaceae.
2.
Araucariaceae: they feel they have to adapt to belief systems.
3.
Podocarpaceae: they are confused about which belief system to choose.
4.
Pinaceae: they feel protectors of the belief systems, are the most rigid.
5.
Cupressaceae: they feel limited in belief systems, want to break out of them.
6.
Taxaceae: they feel used and abused by cultural systems, standing aside.
7.
Ginkgoaceae: they feel at the end of everything, at the end of life.
Families1. Cheirolepidiaceae: extinct; halophyta, salt regions.
2.
Araucariaceae; 3 genera; 41 species.
3.
Podocarpaceae: Yellow-wood family; 19 genera; ± 180 species.
4.
Pinaceae: Pine family; 11 genera; ± 240 species.
5.
Cupressaceae: Cypress family; 29 genera; ± 130 species.
6.
Taxaceae: Yew
Family; 3 genera, Taxus, Pseudotaxus, Austrotaxus.
6. Cephalotaxaceae: Plum-yew family; 3 genera, Amentotaxus, Cephalotaxus, Torreya.
6.
Sciadopityaceae: Umbrella-pine family; 1 species,
Sciadopitys verticillata; principal source of Baltic amber.
7.
Ginkgoaceae: 1 genus, 1 species,
Ginkgo biloba.