Cupressales
Order of plants
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Cupressales is one of two orders of conifers within the subclass Cupressidae[1]. It comprises three or four families: the cypress family, the yew family, the Cephalotaxaceae (which are sometimes included in the yew family and sometimes counted as a separate family) and the umbrella pines[2].
| Cupressales | |
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| Taxus baccata, a Taxaceae | |
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| Metasequoia glyptostroboides, a Cupressaceae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Subclass: | Cupressidae |
| Order: | Cupressales Emberger |
| Families | |
