Sciadopitys

Sciadopitys, commonly called kōyamaki trees, are a genus of conifers endemic to Japan. It is the sole living genus of umbrella pines in the family Sciadopityaceae. The oldest fossils of Sciadopitys are from the Late Cretaceous of Japan, and the genus was widespread in Laurasia during most of the Cenozoic, especially in Europe until the Pliocene. Sciadopitys has one extant member, S. verticillata.^[1] The genus existed in the United States as recently as the Pliocene.^[2]

Sciadopitys Temporal range: Late Cretaceous–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Sciadopitys verticillata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Gymnospermae
Division:	Pinophyta
Class:	Pinopsida
Order:	Pinales
Family:	Sciadopityaceae
Genus:	Sciadopitys Siebold & Zucc.
Species
Sciadopitys verticillata †Sciadopitys tertiaria †Sciadopitys yezo-koshizakae