Pinus LINNAEUS , 1753
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https://doi.org/ 10.14446/AMNP.2015.315 |
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Felipe |
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Pinus LINNAEUS , 1753 |
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Pinus LINNAEUS, 1753 View in CoL
T y p e: Pinus sylvestris LINNAEUS, 1753, p. 1000 .
D i s c u s s i o n. The genus Pinus is characteristic in bearing two seeds per ovuliferous cone scale. This character is also apparent in the fossil record. There are numerous species of the genus Pinus described from the European
Cretaceous (e. g. Alvin 1960, J. Kvaček 2013). The earliest record appears to be Pinus yorkshirensis RYBERG, STOCKEY, HILTON, MAPES, RIDING et ROTHWELL from the Early Cretaceous Wealden Formation of Yorkshire ( Ryberg et al. 2012). The ovuliferous cones of the genus Pinus show hexagonal ovuliferous scales, with a prominent apophysis and umbo, in which it differs from the ovuliferous cone of the genus Picea A. DIETRICH and other members of the Pinaceae ( Farjon 1990, 2005).
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