List_of_tree_genera

List of tree genera

List of tree genera

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The major tree genera are listed below by taxonomic family.

Flowering plants (Magnoliophyta; angiosperms)

For classification of flowering plants, see APG II system.

Eudicots (together with magnoliids they are called broadleaf or hardwood trees)

American Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua, Altingiaceae).

About 210 eudicot families include trees.[1][2]

Cryptocarya glaucescens (Lauraceae) in Royal National Park, Australia.
European Beeches (Fagaceae) in the Sonian Forest, Belgium.
Phellodendron japonicum (Rutaceae).
Yellow maple (Sapindaceae) in fall.
Common Teak (Tectona grandis, Verbenaceae) in Kolkata, India.

Monocotyledons (Liliopsida)

Coconut Palm, a monocotyledonous tree.

About 10 Monocotyledon families include trees.[1][2]

Magnoliids (together with eudicots they are called broadleaf or hardwood trees)

Magnolias bloom.

17 magnoliid families include trees.[1][2]

Conifers (Pinophyta; softwood trees)

In the foreground Arolla Pines, in the background Norway Spruce - European Larch forest. Swiss Alps.

7 families, all of them include trees.[3]

Podocarpus totara (Podocarpaceae) in New Zealand.

Ginkgos (Ginkgophyta)

Only one species.

  • Ginkgoaceae (Ginkgo family)

Cycads (Cycadophyta)

2 families include trees.[3]

Ferns (Pteridophyta)

Fossil trees

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Angiosperm Phylogeny Website". Missouri Botanical Garden.
  2. [2]
    Heywood, V.H., Brummitt, R.K., Culham, A. & Seberg, O. 2007: Flowering Plant Families of the World. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. [3]
    "The Gymnosperm Database".
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