supported by the Knowledge Innovation Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZCX-2-YW-154);the National Basic Research Program of China(2012CB822000 and 2006CB701401);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (40972008, 40472004 and J0930006);UNESCO-IUGS Project IGCP 506
The genus Sciadopitys, containing a single species (S. verticillata), is the only extant representative of the Family Sciadopityaceae (Coniferales), and is a remarkable living fossil. Although some leafy fossils have ...