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The Coniferophytina represent a very successful subdivision of the plant kingdom. While most of its families are spread over the entire northern hemisphere and often establish extremely large populations, some also occur in the southern hemisphere. Moreover, since the conifers include individuals of the bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) from the Californian White Mountains which are almost 5000 years old (according to tree-ring counts, cf. Ferguson 1968) and the giant Californian Redwood trees (Sequoia sempervirens) — which measure more than 110 m in height and over 11 m in diameter — this group also holds the longevity and size records among seed plants. Rapid growth and high yield are other factors specifically attributed to them which have led to the preference of the conifer softwood in commercial wood production.

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  1. Zellenlehre, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 230, D-6900, Heidelberg, Germany

    H.-D. Behnke

  2. Department of Botany, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 52242, USA

    R. D. Sjolund

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Schulz, A. (1990). Conifers. In: Behnke, HD., Sjolund, R.D. (eds) Sieve Elements. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74445-7_4

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