Pinales

Pinales
Pinus sylvestris, scots pine tree
Pinus sylvestris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnosperms
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Subclass: Pinidae
Order: Pinales
Christenhusz
Type genus
Pinus
Families and Subfamilies

The order Pinales in the subclass Pinidae, in the class Pinopsida, which under current taxonomic treatment is a monotypic order which comprises only one family, the pine family Pinaceae.

The name Pinales has historically been used to refer to all conifers, the term being used interchangeably with an order named 'coniferales', which was widely accepted until at least 2011. Subsequent analyses have recognised not one but three orders of conifers: Pinales, Cupressales, and Araucariales. These are widely accepted since at least 2022.

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