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Larix sp., Larch(es)

genus Larix Philip Miller (1768)

• Modern species: Eocene - Presenet (46.2 - 0.0 Ma)

• Classification
• kingdom Plantae, phylum Pinophyta, class Pinopsida, order Pinales, family Pinaceae

• Distribution
• Pliocene: Hokkaido
• Pliocene-Pleistocene: Shimane
• Pleistocene: Hokkaido, Aomori, Iwate, Fukushima, Yamanashi, Tochigi, Tokyo, Hyogo, Hiroshima

• Subtaxa
• L. gmelinii, Dahurian larch
• L. kaempferi, Japanese larch