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Pinoideae

Pinopsida - Pinales - Pinaceae

Taxonomy
Pinoideae was named by Linnaeus. It is extant. Its type is Pinus. It is the type subfamily of Pinaceae. It was considered monophyletic by Gernandt et al. (2016).

It was assigned to Pinaceae by Gernandt et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Pinoideae Gernandt et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
classPinopsidaBurnett 1833
RankNameAuthor
orderPinales
familyPinaceae
subfamilyPinoideaeLinnaeus
subfamilyPinoideaeLinnaeus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Pinoideae Linnaeus
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G. Cathaya Chun and Kuang 1962
G. Larix Miller 1768 [larch]
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†Larix churchbridgensis Penhallow 1892
Larix laricina Koch 1873
G. Picea Dietrich 1824 [spruce]
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Picea alba Link 1842
†Picea albertensis Penhallow 1908
†Picea cliffwoodensis Berry 1906
†Picea columbiensis Penhallow 1907 [spruce]
†Picea harrimani Knowlton 1904
Picea mariana Miller 1768
†Picea quilchensis Penhallow 1908
Picea sitchensis Bongard 1832
Picea smithiana Wallich 1832 [morinda spruce]
†Picea tranquillensis Penhallow 1908
G. Pseudotsuga Carrière 1867
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†Pseudotsuga huziokana Ozaki 1974
†Pseudotsuga miocena Penhallow 1903
Pseudotsuga taxifolia Lambert 1803
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Holocene or 168.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 165.3 Ma

Collections (188 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Russian Federation (Moskva) Picea sp. (52961)
Berriasian - Barremian143.1 - 121.4Russian Federation (Sakha) Picea sp. (32313)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Svalbard and Jan Mayen Picea sp. (212949 212979)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Picea sp. (52072)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Japan (Aichi) Pseudotsuga tanaii (22819)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Canada (Nunavut) Larix sp. (102070)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (Idaho) Picea lahontense (35347)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (Colorado) Picea pinifructus (24415)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Canada (British Columbia) Larix sp., Picea sp., Pseudotsuga sp., Cathaya sp. (227994)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Japan (Yamaguchi) Picea sp. (24481)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Canada (British Columbia) Picea columbiensis (228445) Picea sp. (179231)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7Canada (Nunavut) Larix altoborealis, Picea sp. (139662)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Picea lahontense, Picea magna (24209)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Russian Federation Picea sp. (45429 45430)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Idaho) Larix lemhiensis, Picea coloradensis, Pseudotsuga glaucoides (27569)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333USA (Montana) Picea lahontensis, Picea magna (23972)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333USA (Maryland) Picea sp. (231836)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Late/Upper Eocene27.3 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Pseudotsuga laticarpa (35921)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (Sachsen) Picea beckii (26264 26508 26509) Picea beckii, Pseudotsuga oceanines (24183 24533 24534) Pseudotsuga oceanines (24179 24184 24185)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Russian Federation (Tomsk) Picea sp. (23663 23669)