Taxonomy of the Gymnosperms

Order
Family
Genus (# of species)
Distribution
GINKGOALES GINKGOACEAE
  • Ginkgo (1)
China
TAXALES TAXACEAE
  1. Taxus (10)
  2. Amentotaxus (5)
  3. Austrotaxus (1)
  4. Pseudotaxus (1)
  5. Torreya (6)
NORTHERN
China, Taiwan, India
New Caledonia
China
China, Japan, USA
CEPHALOTAXACEAE
  • Cephalotaxus (10)
China, Taiwan, Japan
CONIFERALES SCIADOPITYACEAE
  • Sciadopitys (1)
Japan
TAXODIACEAE
  1. Athrotaxis (3)
  2. Cryptomeria (2)
  3. Cunninghamia (2)
  4. Glyptostrobus (1)
  5. Metasequoia (1)
  6. Sequoia (1)
  7. Sequoiadendron (1)
  8. Taiwania (2)
  9. Taxodium (3)
Tasmania
China, Taiwan, Japan
China, Taiwan
China
China
California, Oregon
California
China, Taiwan
USA, Mexico
CUPRESSACEAE
  1. Actinostrobus (3)
  2. Austrocedrus (1)
  3. Callitris (17)
  4. Calocedrus (3)
  5. Chamaecyparis (6)
  6. Cupressus (20)
  7. Diselma (1)
  8. Fitzroya (1)
  9. Fokienia (1)
  10. Juniperus (60)
  11. Libocedrus (5)
  12. Microbiota (1)
  13. Neocallitropsis (1)
  14. Papuacedrus (2)
  15. Platycladus (1)
  16. Tetraclinis (1)
  17. Thuja (5)
  18. Thujopsis (1)
  19. Widdringtonia (4)
Australia
Chile, Argentina
Australia
China, Taiwan, USA
Japan, USA
NORTHERN
Tasmania
Chile, Argentina
China
NORTHERN
New Zealand, N.Caledonia
Siberia
New Caledonia
New Guinea
China
Mediterranea
NORTHERN
Japan
South Africa
PINACEAE
  1. Abies (~50)
  2. Cathaya (1)
  3. Cedrus (4)
  4. Keteleeria (3)
  5. Larix (14)
  6. Nothotsuga (1)
  7. Picea (~35)
  8. Pinus (~110)
  9. Pseudolarix (1)
  10. Pseudotsuga (8)
  11. Tsuga (10)
NORTHERN
China
Mediterranea, Himalaya
China
NORTHERN
China
NORTHERN
NORTHERN
China
NORTHERN
NORTHERN
ARAUCARIACEAE
  1. Agathis (20)
  2. Araucaria (20)
  3. Wollemia (1)
SOUTHERN
SOUTHERN
Australia
PODOCARPACEAE
  1. Acmopyle (2)
  2. Afrocarpus (6)
  3. Dacrycarpus (9)
  4. Dacrydium (30)
  5. Falcatifolium (5)
  6. Halocarpus (3)
  7. Lagarostrobus (1)
  8. Lepidothamnus (3)
  9. Manoao (1)
  10. Microcachrys (1)
  11. Microstrobos (2)
  12. Nageia (5)
  13. Parasitaxus (1)
  14. Podocarpus (~100)
  15. Prumnopitys (10)
  16. Retrophyllum (5)
  17. Saxegothaea (1)
  18. Sundacarpus (1)
New Caledonia, Fiji
Africa
TROPICAL
SE Asia, Oceania
TROPICAL
New Zealand
Tasmania
New Zealand, Chile
New Zealand
Tasmania
Australia
SE Asia
New Caledonia
SOUTHERN-TROPICAL
SOUTHERN
TROPICAL
Chile, Argentina
New Caledonia
PHYLLOCLADACEAE
  • Phyllocladus (5)
Tasmania, New Zealand
CYCADALES CYCADACEAE
  • Cycas
These Families

are not represented

in the Arboretum
STANGERIACEAE
  • Stangeria
ZAMIACEAE
  1. Lepidozamia
  2. Macrozamia
  3. Bowenia
  4. Encephalartos
  5. Dioon
  6. Microcycas
  7. Ceratozamia
  8. Zamia
GNETALES GNETACEAE
  • Gnetum
EPHEDRACEAE
  • Ephedra
WELWITSCHIACEAE
  • Welwitschia (1)
SW Africa

Sources : BOOKS


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