Pine

A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus Pinus (/ˈpiːnuːs/)[1] of the family Pinaceae. Pinus is the sole genus in the subfamily Pinoideae. The World Flora Online created by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden accepts 187 species names of pines as current, together with more synonyms.[2] The American Conifer Society (ACS) and the Royal Horticultural Society accept 121 species. Pines are commonly found in the Northern Hemisphere. Pine may also refer to the lumber derived from pine trees; it is one of the more extensively used types of lumber. The pine family is the largest conifer family and there are currently 818 named cultivars (or trinomials) recognized by the ACS.[3]

Pine Temporal range: Barremian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Korean red pine (Pinus densiflora), North Korea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Gymnosperms
Division:	Pinophyta
Class:	Pinopsida
Order:	Pinales
Family:	Pinaceae
Subfamily:	Pinoideae
Genus:	Pinus L.
Type species
Pinus sylvestris L.
Subgenera
Subgenus Strobus Subgenus Pinus See List of Pinus species for complete taxonomy to species level. See list of pines by region for list of species by geographic distribution.
Range of Pinus
Synonyms
Apinus de Necker ex Rydberg Caryopitys Small Cembra Opiz Ducampopinus Chevalier Haploxylon (Koehne) Komarov Leucopitys Nieuwland Pinea Wolf ex Opiz Strobus (Sweet ex Spach) Opiz