Araucariales

Araucariales
Podocarpus totara, or tōtara, a tree endemic to New Zealand
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Subclass: Cupressidae
Order: Araucariales
Seward, Ford
Families

Araucariales is one of two orders of conifers within the subclass Cupressidae.[1][2] It comprises the families Podocarpaceae and Araucariaceae, both of whose surviving members are mainly southern hemisphere conifers.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Yang, Yong; Ferguson, David K.; Liu, Bing; Mao, Kang-Shan; Gao, Lian-Ming; Zhang, Shou-Zhou; Wan, Tao; Rushforth, Keith; Zhang, Zhi-Xiang (July 2022). "Recent advances on phylogenomics of gymnosperms and a new classification". Plant Diversity. 44 (4): 340–350. doi:10.1016/j.pld.2022.05.003. PMC 9363647.
  2. ^ Leslie, Andrew B.; Beaulieu, Jeremy; Holman, Garth; Campbell, Christopher S.; Mei, Wenbin; Raubeson, Linda R.; Mathews, Sarah (29 August 2018). "An overview of extant conifer evolution from the perspective of the fossil record". American Journal of Botany. 105 (9): 1531–1544. doi:10.1002/ajb2.1143.
  3. ^ Khan, Raees; Hill, Robert S.; Liu, Jie; Biffin, Ed (2023-03-03). "Diversity, Distribution, Systematics and Conservation Status of Podocarpaceae". Plants. 12 (5): 1171. doi:10.3390/plants12051171. ISSN 2223-7747. PMC 10005643. PMID 36904033.
  4. ^ Stockey, Ruth A.; Rothwell, Gar W. (July 2020). "Diversification of crown group Araucaria : the role of Araucaria famii sp. nov. in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) radiation of Araucariaceae in the Northern Hemisphere". American Journal of Botany. 107 (7): 1072–1093. doi:10.1002/ajb2.1505. ISSN 0002-9122. PMID 32705687.