Pinaceae -- the pine family (9-12/210; cosmopolitan)
Plants seed plants, monoecious
Habit shrubs or trees
Leaves alternate or closely fascicled on determinate or indeterminate short shoots; simple and linear to needle-like
Pollen borne on strobili (look like cones) with many spirally arranged scales; 2 pollen sacs per scale, on underside of scale (abaxial)
Ovules borne on cones (scale/bract complex) woody at maturity with many spirally arranged scales, flattened and free from subtending bracts (more or less); 2 ovules per cone scale, on top of scale (adaxial)
Seeds usually winged (rarely wingless)