Dallimore, W. & Jackson, A.B. (1966) A Handbook of the Coniferae and Ginkgoaceae Edward Arnold. London.
Description of the family
Trees or rarely shrubs, monoecious, usually evergreen, the wood resinous. Leaves linear, spirally arranged. Flowers arranged in cones. Male cones lateral with numerous scales, each bearing 2 pollen-sacs. Female cones lateral or ± terminal, woody, each scale bearing 2 ovules on the adaxial surface.
Worldwide: 12 genera and 220 species, Northern temperate zones south to C America, West Indies, Sumatra and Java.
Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Stefaan Dondeyne 2007-13
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Dondeyne, S.(2013). Flora of Mozambique: Family page: Pinaceae. http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/family.php?family_id=172, retrieved 21 May 2013
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