Pinales

Pinales
Pinus sylvestris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Gymnospermae
Division:	Pinophyta
Class:	Pinopsida
Subclass:	Pinidae
Order:	Pinales Gorozh.[1][2]
Type genus
Pinus L.
Families
Araucariaceae, araucaria family (41) †Arctopityaceae (fossils only) †Cheirolepidiaceae (fossils only) Cupressaceae, cypress family (130-140) Pinaceae, pine family (220-250) Podocarpaceae, yellow-wood family (170-200) Sciadopityaceae, umbrella-pine family (1) Taxaceae, yew family (30-50) (approximate number of species in parentheses)
Synonyms
Coniferales[3] Coniferophyta[a][3][4]

The order Pinales in the division Pinophyta, class Pinopsida, comprises all the extant conifers. The distinguishing characteristic is the reproductive structure known as a cone produced by all Pinales. All of the extant conifers, such as Araucaria, cedar, celery-pine, cypress, fir, juniper, kauri, larch, pine, redwood, spruce, and yew, are included here. Some fossil conifers, however, belong to other distinct orders within the division Pinophyta.

Multiple molecular studies indicate this order being paraphyletic with respect to Gnetales, with studies recovering Gnetales as either a sister group to Pinaceae or being more derived than Pinaceae but sister to the rest of the group.

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