Sciadopityaceae

E55270
conifer family plant family taxon

Sciadopityaceae is a small family of conifers best known for the Japanese umbrella pine, a unique relict species endemic to Japan.

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf conifer family ⓘ
plant family ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
bestKnownFor Japanese umbrella pine ⓘ
class Pinopsida ⓘ
commonName umbrella-pine family ⓘ
conservationInterest relict taxon ⓘ
containsTaxon Sciadopitys ⓘ
Sciadopitys ⓘ
surface form: Sciadopitys verticillata
division Pinophyta ⓘ
endemicTo Japan ⓘ
fossilRecordExtendsBackTo Mesozoic ⓘ
geographicDistribution Honshu ⓘ
surface form: Honshu, Japan

Kyushu ⓘ
surface form: Kyushu, Japan

Shikoku, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
growthForm trees ⓘ
habitat temperate forests ⓘ
hasConeBearingReproduction true ⓘ
hasEconomicUse ornamental horticulture ⓘ
hasEvergreenFoliage true ⓘ
hasExtantGenusCount 1 ⓘ
hasExtantSpeciesCount 1 ⓘ
hasMonotypicGenus Sciadopitys ⓘ
hasScientificNameAuthorship Lindl. ⓘ
hasUniqueMorphology true ⓘ
isRelictLineage true ⓘ
kingdom Plantae ⓘ
leafRetention evergreen ⓘ
memberOf conifers ⓘ
nativeTo Japan ⓘ
order Pinales ⓘ
photosyntheticOrganType cladodes ⓘ
photosyntheticPathway C3 ⓘ
phylogeneticPosition distinct lineage within conifers ⓘ
pollinationMode wind pollination ⓘ
recognizedBy APG IV system ⓘ
Gymnosperm classification systems ⓘ
reproductiveType gymnosperm ⓘ
seedType naked seeds ⓘ
taxonRank family ⓘ
woodType softwood ⓘ

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pinales → includes → Sciadopityaceae ⓘ