Abstract
<h3>ABSTRACT</h3> Pine is native to all continents and some oceanic islands of the northern hemisphere, chiefly in boreal, temperate or mountainous tropical regions; reaching its southernmost distribution below the equator in Southeast Asia. <i>Pinus</i> is divided into two subgenera, <i>Strobus</i>, and <i>Pinus</i> by the number of vascular bundles present in the needles. Comprehensive and detailed anatomy of needles in ten species of <i>Pinus</i> using nine anatomical traits was carried out. These morphological and anatomical traits supported the classification of the genus up to section level. It was observed that number of needles per fascicle varied along with other related traits such as thickness and width of vascular bundles, the diameter of resin ducts, the thickness of epidermis and thickness and width of endodermal cells that show remarkable variations among different species selected for the present study. The data can be used as a tool for identification and classification of <i>Pinus</i> upto genus and species level. We also found that similarity and differences in leaf anatomical traits supported the molecular phylogeny of <i>Pinus</i> conducted by several researchers.
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