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Sciadopitys
Genus of pine relatives / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sciadopitys, commonly called umbrella pines, is a genus of a unique conifers now endemic to Japan. The sole living member of the family Sciadopityaceae is Sciadopitys verticillata, a living fossil.[citation needed] The oldest fossils of Sciadopitys are from the Late Cretaceous of Japan, and the genus was widespread in Laurasia during most of the Cenozoic, especially in Europe until the Pliocene.[1]
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Sciadopitys verticillata | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Gymnospermae |
Division: | Pinophyta |
Class: | Pinopsida |
Order: | Pinales |
Family: | Sciadopityaceae |
Genus: | Sciadopitys Siebold & Zucc. |
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