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Family: Pinaceae (pines)
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There are about 12 genera
and 200 species, almost exclusively native to the northern hemisphere. Many
species of pines (genus Pinus) have been cultivated in southern Africa,
of which eight have become naturalised.
Genera naturalised in southern Africa
Information from Glen (2000).
Pinus
(pines) The 80 or so species are native to the northern
hemisphere. About 69 species have been cultivated in southern Africa, of
which eight have become naturalised.
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Other genera, cultivated in southern Africa
Information from Glen (2002).
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Cedrus (cedars)
Four species cultivated. |
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Larix (larches)
Three species cultivated. |
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Picea (spruces)
Six species cultivated. |
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Tsuga (hemlocks)
One species cultivated: Tsuga
mertensiana (Mountain hemlock), which is native to W USA and Canada. |
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Pseudotsuga
Two species cultivated: Pseudotsuga
macrocarpa (Bigcone douglas fir) and Pseudotsuga
menziesii (Douglas fir, Oregon pine). |
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Abies
Six species cultivated. |
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Publications
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Glen, H.F. 2000. Pinaceae. In: Seed Plants of
Southern Africa (ed. O.A. Leistner). Strelitzia 10: 30.
National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated Plants of
Southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.
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