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Pinus radiata (syn. Pinus insignis), the Monterey pine, [3] insignis pine [4] or radiata pine, is a species of pine native to the Central Coast of California and Mexico (on Guadalupe Island and Cedros island). It is an evergreen conifer in the family Pinaceae.
Various possible stem-group relatives have been reported from as early as the Late Permian The extinct conifer cone genus Schizolepidopsis likely represent stem-group members of the Pinaceae, the first good records of which are in the Middle-Late Triassic, with abundant records during the Jurassic across Eurasia.
A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus Pinus (/ ˈ p aɪ n ə s /) [2] of the family Pinaceae. Pinus is the sole genus in the subfamily Pinoideae.. World Flora Online accepts 134 species-rank taxa (119 species and 15 nothospecies) of pines as current, with additional synonyms, [3] and Plants of the World Online 126 species-rank taxa (113 species and 13 nothospecies), [4] making it ...
In parts of South Africa, maritime pine (Pinus pinaster), patula pine and radiata pine have been declared invasive species. [30] These wilding conifers are a serious environmental issue causing problems for pastoral farming and for conservation. [29] Radiata pine was introduced to Australia in the 1870s.
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The order Pinales in the division Pinophyta, class Pinopsida, comprises all the extant conifers.The distinguishing characteristic is the reproductive structure known as a cone produced by all Pinales.
Pinus radiata has now replaced rimu in most industries, although rimu remains popular for the production of high quality wooden furniture. There is also limited recovery of stump and root wood, from trees felled many years before, for use in making bowls and other wood turned objects.