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Abietoideae is a subfamily of the conifer family Pinaceae. The name is from the genus Abies (firs), which contains most of the species in the genus. Six genera are currently assigned to this subfamily: Abies, Cedrus, Keteleeria, Nothotsuga, Pseudolarix, and Tsuga.
| Abietoideae Temporal range:
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| Silver fir in Beskid Żywiecki, Poland | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Pinales |
| Family: | Pinaceae |
| Subfamily: | Abietoideae (Bercht. & J.Presl) |
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The group was formerly treated as a separate family, the Abietaceae, by some plant taxonomy systems, such as the Wettstein system.
Genera and species
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- Abies alba— silver fir
- Abies amabilis—Pacific silver fir
- Abies balsamea—balsam fir
- Abies beshanzuensis—Baishanzu fir
- Abies borisii-regis— Bulgarian fir
- Abies bracteata—bristlecone fir
- Abies cephalonica— Greek fir
- Abies chensiensis—Shensi fir
- Abies cilicica—Syrian fir
- Abies concolor—white fir
- Abies delavayi—Delavay's fir
- Abies densa—Bhutan fir
- Abies durangensis—Durango fir
- Abies fabri—Faber's fir
- Abies fanjingshanensis—Fanjingshan fir
- Abies fargesii— Farges' fir
- Abies firma—Momi fir
- Abies flinckii—Jalisco fir
- Abies forrestii—Forrest's fir
- Abies fraseri—Fraser fir
- Abies grandis— grand fir or giant fir
- Abies guatemalensis—Guatemalan fir
- Abies hickelii—Hickel's fir
- Abies holophylla—Manchurian fir
- Abies homolepis—Nikko fir
- Abies kawakamii—Taiwan fir
- Abies koreana—Korean fir
- Abies lasiocarpa—subalpine fir
- Abies magnifica—red fir
- Abies mariesii—Maries' fir
- †Abies milleri—Early Eocene[1]
- Abies nebrodensis— Sicilian fir
- Abies nephrolepis—Khinghan fir
- Abies nordmanniana— Nordmann fir or Caucasian fir
- Abies numidica—Algerian fir
- Abies pindrow—Pindrow fir
- Abies pinsapo—Spanish fir
- Abies procera—noble fir
- Abies recurvata—Min fir
- Abies religiosa—sacred fir
- Abies sachalinensis—Sakhalin fir
- Abies sibirica—Siberian fir
- Abies spectabilis—East Himalayan fir
- Abies squamata—flaky fir
- Abies veitchii—Veitch's fir
- Abies vejarii
- Abies yuanbaoshanensis—Yuanbaoshan fir
- Abies ziyuanensis—Ziyuan fir
- Cedrus
- Keteleeria
- Nothotsuga
- Pseudolarix
- Tsuga - hemlocks
- Tsuga canadensis – eastern hemlock – Eastern Canada, Eastern United States
- Tsuga caroliniana – Carolina hemlock – Southern Appalachians
- Tsuga chinensis – Taiwan hemlock – much of China incl Tibet + Taiwan
- Tsuga diversifolia – northern Japanese hemlock – Honshu, Kyushu
- Tsuga dumosa – Himalayan hemlock – Himalayas, Tibet, Yunnan, Sichuan
- Tsuga forrestii – Forrest's hemlock – Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou
- Tsuga heterophylla – western hemlock – Western Canada, Northwestern United States
- Tsuga × jeffreyi – British Columbia, Washington
- Tsuga mertensiana – mountain hemlock – Alaska, British Columbia, Western United States
- Tsuga sieboldii – southern Japanese hemlock – Japan
- Tsuga ulleungensis – Ulleungdo hemlock – Ulleungdo island, Korea[3]
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Abietoideae.
- ^ Schorn, H.; Wehr, W. (1986). "Abies milleri, sp. nov., from the Middle Eocene Klondike Mountain Formation, Republic, Ferry County, Washington". Burke Museum Contributions in Anthropology and Natural History. 1: 1–7.
- ^ a b Gooch, N. L. (1992). "Two new species of Pseudolarix Gordon (Pinaceae) from the middle Eocene of the Pacific Northwest". PaleoBios. 14: 13–19.
- ^ Popkin, Gabe (30 January 2018). "First New Species of Temperate Conifer Tree Discovered in More Than a Decade". National Geographic News. Archived from the original on January 31, 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
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