List of tree genera: Difference between revisions

 

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** ”Manoao colensoi”, [[Manoao]]

** ”Manoao colensoi”, [[Manoao]]

** ”[[Nageia]]”, [[Nageia nagi|Asian Bayberry]] etc.

** ”[[Nageia]]”, [[Nageia nagi|Asian Bayberry]] etc.

** ”[[Pectinopitys]]”, [[Pectinopitys ferruginea|Miro]] etc.

** ”Phyllocladus”, [[Celery Pine]]

** ”[[Podocarpus]]”, [[Podocarpus totara|Totara]] etc.

** ”[[Podocarpus]]”, [[Podocarpus totara|Totara]] etc.

** ”[[Prumnopitys]]”, [[Prumnopitys ferruginea|Miro]] etc.

** ”[[Prumnopitys]]”, [[Prumnopitys |]] etc.

* Family Sciadopityaceae

* Family Sciadopityaceae

** ”[[Sciadopitys verticillata]]”, [[Sciadopitys|Kusamaki]]

** ”[[Sciadopitys verticillata]]”, [[Sciadopitys|Kusamaki]]

The major tree genera are listed below by taxonomic family.

For classification of flowering plants, see APG II system.

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 amurense (Rutaceae)
Yellow maple (Sapindaceae) in fall
Common Teak (Tectona grandis, Verbenaceae) in Kolkata, India
Coconut palm tree

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

  • Asparagaceae (Asparagus family)
  • Arecaceae (Palmae) (Palm family)
  • Poaceae (grass family)
    • Bamboos, Poaceae subfamily Bambusoideae, around 92 genera
  • Note that banana ‘trees’ are not actually trees; they are not woody nor is the stalk perennial.
Flowering magnolias

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

In the foreground Arolla Pines, in the background Norway Spruce

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

Podocarpus totara (Podocarpaceae) in New Zealand

Only one species.

  • Ginkgoaceae (Ginkgo family)

2 families include trees.[3]

  • Cycadaceae (Cycad family)
  • Zamiaceae (Zamia family)

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