Dacrycarpus
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Dacrycarpus carpenterii[1] Dacrycarpus cinctus |
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Dacrycarpus is a genus of conifers belonging to the Podocarp family, Podocarpaceae. [2] The genus includes nine species of dioecious evergreen trees and shrubs to 55-60 meters in height. [3]
The species of Dacrycarpus range from New Zealand and Fiji, across New Guinea, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines to northern Myanmar and southern China. The greatest diversity (five species) exists in New Guinea.
References
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- ↑ G. J. Jordan. 1995. Extinct conifers and conifer diversity in the Early Pleistocene of western Tasmania. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 84(3): 375-387. "Two new, extinct species of conifer are described from Early to possibly Middle Pleistocene sediments at Regatta Point, western Tasmania. Dacrycarpus carpenterii Jordan, sp. nov. (Podocarpaceae) has morphological similarities to extant D. dacrydioides from New Zealand."
- ↑ Christopher N. Page. 1990. "Podocarpaceae" pages 332-346. In: Klaus Kubitzki (general editor); Karl U. Kramer and Peter S. Green (volume editors) The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants volume I. Springer-Verlag: Berlin;Heidelberg, Germany. ISBN 978-0-387-51794-0
- ↑ James E. Eckenwalder. 2009. Conifers of the World. Timber Press: Portland, OR, USA. ISBN 978-0-88192-974-4.
