Keteleeria occurs as genus of triplet coinage of coniferous trees in the family Pinaceae, related to the genera Nothotsuga and Pseudolarix. These are distinguished from either Nothotsuga per good deal big cones, and from either Pseudolarix per evergreen leaves and the cones non disintegrating readily at maturity. Altogether leash genera part a unusual feature of male cones produced around umbels of several together from either one bud, & besides in their ability, super uncommon in the Pinaceae, of existence take a breath to coppice.

A genus is observed inside southern China (from Shaanxi south to Guangdong and Yunnan), Taiwan, northern Laos and Vietnam.

It is evergreen trees reaching 35 m tall. A leaves come flat, needle-such as, Unity.Five-7 cm yearn & Two-Four millimeter broad. A cones come vertical, 6-22 cm hanker, & mature around astir 6-8 months when pollenation; cone size & shell shape is very variable in completely triplet mintage.

A variability of the cones has led it used to be that to the description of many extra mintage (as much as Sixteen 'metal money' use at times been known as), however virtually all authorities nowadays sole assume triplet mintage. For a different viewpoint, understand the Flora of China hyperlink beneath.