Abietoideae

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''.

''Abies alba'' from Koehler (1887)
The group was formerly treated as a separate family, the Abietaceae, by some plant taxonomy systems, such as the Wettstein system.

Genera and species

*''Abies'' - firs
** ''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
** ''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''
**''Cedrus atlantica''
**''Cedrus brevifolia''
**''Cedrus deodara''
**''Cedrus libani''
*''Keteleeria''
**''Keteleeria davidiana''
**''Keteleeria evelyniana''
**''Keteleeria fortunei''
*''Nothotsuga''
**'' Nothotsuga longibracteata''
*''Pseudolarix''
**†'' Pseudolarix arnoldii''
**''Pseudolarix amabilis''
**†'' Pseudolarix wehrii''
*''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

References

Pinaceae
Plant subfamilies

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