Dacrycarpus

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Dacrycarpus
Dacrycarpus dacrydioides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order:
Araucariales
Family: Podocarpaceae
Genus: Dacrycarpus
(
Endlicher) de Laubenfels
Type species
Dacrycarpus dacrydioides
Species
Synonyms
  • Bracteocarpus Bobrov & Melikian
  • Laubenfelsia Bobrov & Melikian

Dacrycarpus is a

dioecious evergreen trees and shrubs to 55–60 metres (180–197 ft) in height.[3]

Species

The species of Dacrycarpus

range from New Zealand and Fiji, across New Caledonia, New Guinea, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines to northern Myanmar and southern China. The greatest diversity
(five species) exists in New Guinea.

Phylogeny of Dacrycarpus[4][5]

D. vieillardii (Parlatore) de Laubenfels

D. dacrydioides (Richard) de Laubenfels

D. cumingii (Parlatore) de Laubenfels

D. imbricatus (Blume) de Laubenfels

D. compactus (Wasscher) de Laubenfels

D. expansus de Laubenfels

D. cinctus (Pilger) de Laubenfels

D. kinabaluensis (Wasscher) de Laubenfels

Image Scientific name Distribution
Dacrycarpus cinctus Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Dacrycarpus compactus Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Dacrycarpus cumingii Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.
Dacrycarpus dacrydioides New Zealand
Dacrycarpus expansus Papua New Guinea.
Dacrycarpus imbricatus Cambodia, China, Fiji, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Thailand, Vanuatu, and Vietnam
Dacrycarpus kinabaluensis Mount Kinabalu in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo.
Dacrycarpus steupii Indonesia.
Dacrycarpus vieillardii New Caledonia.

References

  1. ^ 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."
  2. .
  3. .
  4. doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.14547354.v1. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help
    )

External links