Habit: tree, evergreen
Sexuality: monoecious, dioecious
Branchlets: subopposite or subwhorled, base with leaf scars or bud scales
Branches: whorled
Important diagnostics: with twisted leaf bases
Leaves: Position: 2-ranked, decussate
Leaves: Shape: linear or lanceolate, linear-lanceolate
Pollen Cone: Position: axillary, solitary
Pollen Cone: Shape: ellipsoid
Seed Cones: Position: axillary
Seed Cones: Bract scales: decussate
Seeds: Shape: drupelike
Cotyledons number: 2
Germination: hypogeal
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