Sciadopitys verticillata: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Pinopsida
- Order
- Pinales
- Family
- Sciadopityaceae
- Genus
- Sciadopitys
- Species
- Sciadopitys verticillata
- Scientific Name
- Sciadopitys verticillata
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Sciadopitys verticillata
Sciadopitys verticillata, the kōyamaki or Japanese umbrella-pine, is a unique conifer endemic to Japan. It is the sole living member of the family Sciadopityaceae and genus Sciadopitys, a living fossil with no close relatives. The oldest fossils of Sciadopitys are from the Late Cretaceous of Japan, and the genus was widespread in Laurasia during most of the Cenozoic, especially in Europe until the Pliocene. A European relative of this species may have been the primary source of Baltic amber, according to some studies.
...Sciadopitys verticillata in languages:
- Chinese
- 日本金松
- Czech
- pajehličník přeslenatý
- English
- Japanese umbrella-pine
- English
- koyamaki
- English
- umbrella-pine
- English
- parasol pine
- Estonian
- sirmokas
- French
- pin parasol du Japon
- German
- Schirm-Tanne
- Japanese
- 高野槙
- Japanese
- コウヤマキ
- Korean
- 금송
- Latvian
- Japānas širmegle
- Polish
- Sośnica japońska
- Russian
- Японская зонтичная пихта
- Russian
- Сциадопитис мутовчатый
- Swedish
- solfjädertall
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