Biology:Abietoideae

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Short description: Subfamily of the conifer family Pinaceae

Abietoideae
Temporal range: Albian- Present
Abies alba Beskid Żywiecki 4.JPG
Silver fir in Beskid Żywiecki, Poland
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Pinaceae
Subfamily: Abietoideae
(Bercht. & J.Presl)
Genera
Synonyms
  • Abietaceae Bercht. & J.Presl

Abietoideae is a subfamily of the conifer family Pinaceae. The name is from the genus Abies (firs), which contains most of the species in the genus. Six genera are currently assigned to this subfamily: Abies, Cedrus, Keteleeria, Nothotsuga, Pseudolarix, and Tsuga.

thumb|right|Abies alba from Koehler (1887) The group was formerly treated as a separate family, the Abietaceae, by some plant taxonomy systems, such as the Wettstein system.

Genera and species

References

  1. Schorn, H.; Wehr, W. (1986). "Abies milleri, sp. nov., from the Middle Eocene Klondike Mountain Formation, Republic, Ferry County, Washington". Burke Museum Contributions in Anthropology and Natural History 1: 1–7. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Gooch, N. L. (1992). "Two new species of Pseudolarix Gordon (Pinaceae) from the middle Eocene of the Pacific Northwest". PaleoBios 14: 13–19. 
  3. Popkin, Gabe (30 January 2018). "First New Species of Temperate Conifer Tree Discovered in More Than a Decade". National Geographic News. https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/01/ulleungdo-hemlock-tree-discovered-korea-wooly-adelgid/. 

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