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==Major tree genera==
=== Flowering plants (Magnoliophyta; angiosperms) ===
====Dicotyledons (Magnoliopsida; broadleaf or hardwood trees)====
* [[Altingiaceae]] ([[Sweetgum]] family)
** [[Sweetgum]], ''Liquidambar'' species
* [[Anacardiaceae]] ([[Cashew]] family)
** [[Cashew]], ''Anacardium occidentale''
** [[Mango]], ''Mangifera indica'' [[Image:NamadgiTree.jpg|thumb|''Eucalyptus niphophila'' in [[Namadgi National Park]]]]
** [[Pistachio]], ''Pistacia vera''
** [[Sumac]], ''Rhus'' species
** [[Toxicodendron|Lacquer tree]], ''Toxicodendron verniciflua''
*[[Annonaceae]] ([[Custard apple]] family) 
** [[Cherimoya]] ''Annona cherimola'' 
** [[Custard apple]] ''Annona reticulata'' 
** [[Pawpaw]] ''Asimina triloba'' 
** [[Soursop]] ''Annona muricata''
* [[Apocynaceae]] ([[Dogbane]] family)
** [[Pachypodium]] ''Pachypodium'' species
* [[Aquifoliaceae]] ([[Holly]] family)
**[[Holly]], ''Ilex'' species
* [[Araliaceae]] ([[Hedera|Ivy]] family)
** [[Kalopanax]], ''Kalopanax pictus'' [[Image:birchandmaple.jpg|thumb|[[Birch]] tree (foreground) and [[maple]] tree (background) in fall.]]
* [[Betulaceae]] ([[Birch]] family)
** [[Alder]], ''Alnus'' species
** [[Birch]], ''Betula'' species
** [[Hornbeam]], ''Carpinus'' species
** [[Hazel]], ''Corylus'' species
*[[Bignoniaceae]] (family)
**[[Catalpa]], ''Catalpa'' species
* [[Cactaceae]] ([[Cactus]] family)
** [[Saguaro]], ''Carnegiea gigantea''
* [[Cannabaceae]] ([[Cannabis (genus)|Cannabis]] family)
** [[Hackberry]], ''Celtis'' species
* [[Cornaceae]] ([[Dogwood]] family)
** [[Dogwood]], ''Cornus'' species
* [[Dipterocarpaceae]] family
** [[Garjan]] ''Dipterocarpus'' species
** [[Sal]] ''Shorea'' species 
* [[Ebenaceae]] ([[Persimmon]] family)
** [[Diospyros|Persimmon]], ''Diospyros'' species
* [[Ericaceae]] ([[Heath]] family)
** [[Arbutus]], ''Arbutus'' species
* [[Eucommiaceae]] ([[Eucommia]] family)
** [[Eucommia]] ''Eucommia ulmoides ''  
* [[Fabaceae]] ([[Pea]] family)
** [[Acacia]], ''Acacia'' species
** [[Honey locust]], ''Gleditsia triacanthos''
** [[Black locust]], ''Robinia pseudoacacia''
** [[Laburnum]], ''Laburnum'' species
** [[Caesalpinia echinata|Pau Brasil]], Brazilwood, ''Caesalpinia echinata''
* [[Fagaceae]] ([[Beech]] family )
** [[Chestnut]], ''Castanea'' species
** [[Beech]], ''Fagus'' species
** [[Southern beech]], ''Nothofagus'' species
** [[Tanoak]], ''Lithocarpus densiflorus''
** [[Oak]], ''Quercus'' species
* [[Fouquieriaceae]] ([[Boojum tree|Boojum]] family)
** [[Boojum tree|Boojum]], ''Fouquieria columnaris''
* [[Hamamelidaceae]] ([[Witch-hazel]] family)
** [[Parrotia persica|Persian Ironwood]], ''Parrotia persica''
* [[Juglandaceae]] ([[Walnut]] family)
** [[Walnut]], ''Juglans'' species
** [[Hickory]], ''Carya'' species
** [[Wingnut]], ''Pterocarya'' species
* [[Lauraceae]] ([[Bay laurel|Laurel]] family)
** [[Cinnamon]] ''Cinnamomum zeylanicum''
** [[Bay Laurel]] ''Laurus nobilis''
** [[Avocado]] ''Persea americana''
* [[Lecythidaceae]] ([[Lecythidaceae|Paradise nut]] family)
** [[Brazil nut]] ''Bertholletia excelsa''
* [[Lythraceae]] [[Loosestrife]] family
** [[Crape-myrtle]] ''Lagerstroemia'' species
* [[Magnoliaceae]] ([[Magnolia]] family)
** [[Liriodendron|Tulip tree]], ''Liriodendron'' species
** [[Magnolia]], ''Magnolia'' species
* [[Malvaceae]] ([[Mallow]] family; including [[Tilia|Tiliaceae]] and [[Bombacaceae]]) [[Image:Baobab Kruger 2003.jpg|right|thumb|Baobab tree in South-Africa.]]
** [[Baobab]], ''Adansonia'' species
** [[Silk-cotton tree]], ''Bombax'' species
** [[Brachychiton|Bottletree]]s, ''Brachychiton'' species
** [[Kapok]], ''Ceiba pentandra''
** [[Durian]], ''Durio zibethinus''
** [[Balsa]], ''Ochroma lagopus''
** [[Cacao]] ([[cocoa]]), ''Theobroma cacao''
** [[Tilia|Linden]] (Basswood, Lime), ''Tilia'' species
* [[Meliaceae]] ([[Mahogany]] family)
** [[Neem]], ''Azadirachta indica''
** [[Bead tree]], ''Melia azedarach''
** [[Mahogany]], ''Swietenia mahagoni''
* [[Moraceae]] ([[Mulberry]] family) [[Image:Applebox.JPG|thumb|right|''[[Eucalyptus|Eucalyptus bridgesiana]]'' on [[Red Hill, Australian Capital Territory]].]]
** [[Ficus|Fig]], ''Ficus'' species
** [[Mulberry]], ''Morus'' species
* [[Myristicaceae]] ([[Nutmeg]] family)
** [[Nutmeg]], ''Mysristica fragrans''
* [[Myrtaceae]] ([[Myrtle]] family)
** [[Eucalyptus]], ''Eucalyptus'' species
** [[Myrtle]], ''Myrtus'' species
** [[Guava]], ''Psidium guajava'' [[Image:Davidia1.jpg|right|thumb|[[Nyssaceae]]: ''a [[Dove tree]] in flower'']]
* [[Nyssaceae]] ([[Tupelo]] family; sometimes included in [[Cornaceae]])
** [[Tupelo]], ''Nyssa'' species
** [[Dove tree]], ''Davidia involucrata''
* [[Oleaceae]] ([[Olive]] family)
** [[Olive]], ''Olea europaea''
** [[Ash tree|Ash]], ''Fraxinus'' species
*[[Paulownia]]ceae ([[Paulownia]] family)
**[[Paulownia|Foxglove Tree]], ''Paulownia'' species
* [[Platanaceae]] ([[Platanus|Plane]] family)
** [[Platanus|Plane]], ''Platanus'' species
* [[Rhizophoraceae]] ([[Mangrove]] family)
** Red Mangrove, ''Rhizophora mangle''
* [[Rosaceae]] ([[Rose]] family)
** [[Rowan]]s, [[Whitebeam]]s, [[Sorbus|Service Trees]] ''Sorbus'' species
** [[Crataegus|Hawthorn]], ''Crataegus'' species
** [[Pear]], ''Pyrus'' species
** [[Malus|Apple]], ''Malus'' species
** [[Almond]], ''Prunus dulcis''
** [[Peach]], ''Prunus persica''
** [[Plum]], ''Prunus domestica''
** [[Cherry]], ''Prunus'' species
* [[Rubiaceae]] ([[Bedstraw]] family)
** [[Coffea|Coffee]], ''Coffea'' species
* [[Rutaceae]] ([[Rue]] family)
** [[Citrus]], ''Citrus'' species
** [[Cork-tree]], ''Phellodendron'' species
** [[Poncirus trifoliata]], 'Citronnier Epineux'
** [[Tetradium|Euodia]], ''Tetradium'' species
* [[Salicaceae]] ([[Willow]] family)
** [[Aspen]], ''Populus'' species
** [[Poplar]], ''Populus'' species
** [[Willow]], ''Salix'' species
[[Image:yellowmaple.jpg|thumb|Yellow [[maple]] in fall.]]
* [[Sapindaceae]] (including [[Aceraceae]], [[Aesculus|Hippocastanaceae]]) ([[Soapberry]] family)
** [[Maple]], ''Acer'' species
** [[Aesculus|Buckeye, Horse-chestnut]], ''Aesculus'' species
** [[Mexican Buckeye]], ''Ungnadia speciosa''
** [[Lychee]], ''Litchi sinensis''
** [[Koelreuteria|Golden rain tree]], ''Koelreuteria''
* [[Sapotaceae]] ([[Sapodilla]] family)
**[[Argan]], ''Argania spinosa''
** [[Gutta-percha]], ''Palaquium'' species
** [[Tambalacoque]], or "dodo tree", ''Sideroxylon grandiflorum'', previously ''Calvaria major''
* [[Simaroubaceae]] family
** [[Ailanthus|Tree of heaven]], ''Ailanthus'' species
* [[Theaceae]] ([[Camellia]] family)
** [[Gordonia]], ''Gordonia'' species
** [[Stuartia]], ''Stuartia'' species
* [[Thymelaeaceae]] ([[Thymelaea]] family)
** [[Ramin]], ''Gonystylus'' species
* [[Ulmaceae]] ([[Elm]] family)
** [[Elm]], ''Ulmus'' species
** [[Zelkova]], ''Zelkova'' species
* [[Verbenaceae]] family
** [[Teak]], ''Tectona'' species

====Monocotyledons (Liliopsida)====
[[Image:1859-Martinique.web.jpg|right|thumb|Coconut Palm, a monocotyledonous tree.]]
* [[Agavaceae]] ([[Agave]] family) 
** [[Cabbage tree (New Zealand)|Cabbage tree]], ''Cordyline australis''
** [[Dragon tree]], ''Dracaena draco''
** [[Joshua tree]], ''[[Yucca]] brevifolia''
* [[Arecaceae]] (Palmae) ([[Arecaceae|Palm]] family)
** [[Areca]] Nut, ''Areca catechu''
** [[Coconut]] ''Cocos nucifera''
** [[Date Palm]], ''Phoenix dactylifera''
** [[Chusan Palm]], ''Trachycarpus fortunei''
* [[Poaceae]] ([[grass]] family)
** [[Bamboo]]s Poaceae subfamily Bambusoideae
* Note that [[banana]] 'trees' are not actually trees; they are not woody nor is the stalk perennial.

=== Conifers (Pinophyta; softwood trees)===
* [[Araucariaceae]] ([[Araucaria]] family)
** [[Araucaria]], ''Araucaria'' species
** [[Agathis|Kauri]], ''Agathis'' species
**  [[Wollemia]], ''Wollemia nobilis''
* [[Cupressaceae]] (Cypress family)
** [[Cupressus|Cypress]], ''Cupressus'' species
** [[Chamaecyparis|Cypress]], ''Chamaecyparis'' species
** [[Juniper]], ''Juniperus'' species 
** [[Fitzroya|Alerce]] or Patagonian cypress, ''Fitzroya cupressoides''
** [[Cryptomeria|Sugi]], ''Cryptomeria japonica''
** [[Sequoia|Coast Redwood]], ''Sequoia sempervirens''
** [[Sequoiadendron|Giant Sequoia]], ''Sequoiadendron giganteum''
** [[Metasequoia|Dawn Redwood]], ''Metasequoia glyptostroboides''
** [[Thuja plicata|Western Redcedar]] ''Thuja plicata''
** [[Taxodium|Bald Cypress]], ''Taxodium'' species
* [[Pinaceae]] ([[Pine]] family)
** [[Pinus classification|White pine]], ''Pinus'' species
** [[Pinus classification|Pinyon pine]], ''Pinus'' species
** [[Pine]], ''Pinus'' species
** [[Spruce]], ''Picea'' species
** [[Larch]], ''Larix'' species
** [[Douglas-fir]], ''Pseudotsuga'' species
** [[Fir]], ''Abies'' species
** [[Cedar]], ''Cedrus'' species
* [[Podocarpaceae]] ([[Yellowwood]] family)
** [[Afrocarpus|African Yellowwood]], ''Afrocarpus falcatus''
** [[Podocarpus totara|Totara]], ''Podocarpus totara''
** [[Prumnopitys ferruginea|Miro]], ''Prumnopitys ferruginea''
** [[Dacrycarpus dacrydioides|Kahikatea]], ''Dacrycarpus dacrydioides''
** [[Dacrydium cupressinum|Rimu]], ''Dacrydium cupressinum''
* [[Sciadopitys|Sciadopityaceae]],
** [[Sciadopitys|Kusamaki]], ''Sciadopitys'' species
* [[Taxaceae]] ([[Taxus|Yew]] family)
** [[Taxus|Yew]], ''Taxus'' species

=== Ginkgos (Ginkgophyta)===
* [[Ginkgo|Ginkgoaceae]] ([[Ginkgo]] family)
** [[Ginkgo]], ''Ginkgo biloba''

=== Cycads (Cycadophyta)===
* [[Cycadaceae]] family
** Ngathu [[cycad]], ''Cycas angulata''
* [[Zamiaceae]] family
** Wunu [[cycad]], ''Lepidozamia hopei''

=== Ferns (Pterophyta)===
* [[Cyatheaceae]] and [[Dicksoniaceae]] families
** [[Tree fern]]s, ''Cyathea'', ''Alsophila'', ''Dicksonia'' (not a [[monophyletic]] group)