Afrocarpus mannii
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Araucariales
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| Family: | Podocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Afrocarpus |
| Species: | A. mannii
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| Binomial name | |
| Afrocarpus mannii | |
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| São Tomé island, where A. mannii's only habitat is located. | |
Afrocarpus mannii is an
São Tomé e Príncipe. It was formerly classified as Podocarpus mannii.[2]
It is a small tree, growing 10–15 m tall. The leaves are spirally arranged, lanceolate, 6–8 cm long on mature trees, larger, to 15 cm long and 2 cm broad, on vigorous young trees. The seed cones are highly modified, with a single 2 cm diameter seed with a thin fleshy coating borne on a short peduncle. The pollen cones are 1.5-2.5 cm long, solitary or in pairs on a short stem.
References
- Gymnosperm Database: Afrocarpus mannii
- Dallimore, W., & Jackson, A. B. (1966). A Handbook of Coniferae and Ginkgoaceae, 4th ed., revised. Edward Arnold.