pinophytina latin
pinopsida

As a class they may be called Pinopsida or Coniferae.

Conifers are classified in the division Pinophyta, class Pinopsida.

The division Pinophyta consists of just one class, Pinopsida, which includes both living and fossil taxa.

Araucariaceae is classified under the order Pinales, class Pinopsida of the division Pinophyta.

The Pinidae subclass is equivalent to the division Pinophyta and class Pinopsida of previous treatments.

Pinophyta, class Pinopsida - conifers)

The order Pinales in the division Pinophyta, class Pinopsida, comprises all the extant conifers.

There are five main types: Briopsida, Pteridopsida, Pinopsida, Magnoliopsida and Liliopsida, with the last two accounting for 93% of all species.

The plant order Taxales was until recently treated as a distinct order in the division Pinophyta, class Pinopsida, and included only those species in the family Taxaceae, known commonly as yews.