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Sciadopitys, commonly called kÅyamaki trees, are a genus of a unique now Endemism 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.
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