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Chapter 11 - Pseudolarix

Pinales: Cedraceae

from Part III - Living Arborescent Gymnosperm Genetic Presentations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2024

Christopher N. Page
Christopher N. Page
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University of Exeter
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Medium-sized to tall (to 40 m), deciduous trees, with distinctive multi-tiered crown shapes and straight or crooked trunks, bearing abundant fan-like sprays of summer bright-green, autumn bright-yellow, then winter-deciduous foliage. Their wider (and much later seasonally flushing) leaves arise along branchlets in a single plane and more golden autumn colours distinguish Pseudolarix from Larix.

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Evolution of the Arborescent Gymnosperms
Pattern, Process and Diversity
 , pp. 255 - 271
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  • Pseudolarix
  • Christopher N. Page, University of Exeter
  • Book: Evolution of the Arborescent Gymnosperms
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